On Tuesday, 5 January 2021 at 18:06:32 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
My main concern is that we need to attract more people with a
strong comp.sci. background because as a language grow it
becomes more tricky to improve and the most difficult topics
are the ones that remain unresolved (like we see with @live,
shared and GC).
I don't have that background myself, so I don't think I can
provide any insight here.
[...]
It probably would be a good idea to focus on one subsystem at a
time. Refactor, document, make a list of priority improvements
for that subsystem, and then improve/reimplement, document,
then move on to the next subsystem.
If memory management is in the center now, then that is great,
but then maybe the next cycle could take another look at the
type system as a whole.
I'm afraid I don't have anything profound to contribute here
either. I have no idea how to manage a group of volunteers
(including Walter).
