On 26 August 2015 at 00:55, Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d-announce < digitalmars-d- announce@ puremagic.com> wrote: > On Tuesday, 25 August 2015 at 21:43:11 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote: > > The work done on GDC is well appreciated, GDC's codebase is much cleaner >>> now than it was before the refactoring. >>> >>> >> True, and it will only get more cleaner as each section is rewritten. >> But no one personally congratulates you on refactoring code (I have been >> spearheading a push to remove all dmd-backend-isms from gdc. It took about >> 3 months work to make expression (toElem) codegen to be stateless, and >> remove the dmd-specific 'backend IR state' (IRState) struct from the >> codebase. And that is barely 1/8 of what needs to be done to prepare the >> move to 2.067) >> >> http:// wiki.dl ang.org/ GDC/Current ReleaseTasks >> True, and it will only get more cleaner as each section is rewritten.But no one personally congratulates you on refactoring code (I have beenspearheading a push to remove all dmd-backend-isms from gdc. It took about3 months work to make expression (toElem) codegen to be stateless, andremove the dmd-specific 'backend IR state' (IRState) struct from thecodebase. And that is barely 1/8 of what needs to be done to prepare themove to 2.067) > > How can we make it easier for people to show their appreciation? I appreciate very much your work on GDC, and I know that there is a general problem that people tend to focus on what's visible and not necessarily what's hidden but important. > > On Tuesday, 25 August 2015 at 21:43:11 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:The work done on GDC is well appreciated, GDC's codebase is much cleanerHow can we make it easier for people to show their appreciation? I appreciate very much your work on GDC, and I know that there is a general problem that people tend to focus on what's visible and not necessarily what's hidden but important.