(no title)
dsrw | 3 years ago
He didn't cargo cult his software into the ecosystem. He made the ecosystem. Nimble is the package manager because there was no package manager until dom wrote one. Jester is the default web framework because it was first, and despite its age it's still pretty good. Same for choosenim. And asyncdispatch. And all of the other tools/libraries that he wrote.
Obviously writing some early software doesn't give him a free pass. I could understand the attitude if he was a jerk, but I've never seen him be anything but helpful.
carterza|3 years ago
Try to advocate for replacing any of dom's tools / software packages and see what happens. Try to advocate for taking Nim in a direction counter to what dom perceives as the right one, even though they no longer contribute to the language anymore besides telling people to fix their broken software they're no longer willing to maintain, or to throw their weight around in RFCs / IRC.
unknown|3 years ago
[deleted]