We are forking D
whitebyte
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Tue Jan 9 20:32:26 UTC 2024
On Tuesday, 9 January 2024 at 18:23:47 UTC, Abdulhaq wrote:
> * D is Walter's baby and his life work. As other people come
> and go, as they are wont do with any project such as D, he
> knows he will be left holding the baby and maintaining it.
There was a similar story with Vim. Bram Moolinear was a BDFL and
was rather defensive in regards to the project direction. So
eventually Vim was forked and Neovim happened. Not only it enjoys
great popularity now, but it was a great catalyst for Vim
develpment, which was stangnating at that time.
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