digitalmars.D.announce - Facebook puts bounties on bugs in the D programming language implementation
- Andrei Alexandrescu (15/15) Nov 15 2013 Hello,
- Andrei Alexandrescu (4/4) Nov 15 2013 On 11/15/13 9:51 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
- Andrei Alexandrescu (4/4) Nov 15 2013 On 11/15/13 9:51 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
- Brad Anderson (4/10) Nov 15 2013 Anyone interested better hurry before Kenji wakes up in a few
- Joseph Frank (3/21) Nov 15 2013 The D Programming Language? $80? Ha... Fail.
- Stephan Dilly (3/32) Nov 15 2013 It is a start! What IDE is facebook using for D development?
- Andrei Alexandrescu (4/5) Nov 15 2013 How do you mean that? The budget is of course much larger than that. I'd...
- Brian Rogoff (6/9) Nov 15 2013 What's going to be the bounty for getting a precise GC in D? Is
- Walter Bright (7/15) Nov 15 2013 It's not restricted to FB. Using the site
- Raj (7/29) Nov 16 2013 Off Topic:
- Walter Bright (2/7) Nov 16 2013 Thanks, and nice to hear from you!
- Andrei Alexandrescu (6/6) Nov 16 2013 Please join me in congratulating Daniel, who took only 24 hours to fix a...
- Andrea Fontana (6/12) Nov 17 2013 Congrats Daniel!
- lomereiter (2/3) Nov 17 2013 I guess those with the largest number of votes are selected.
- Walter Bright (5/8) Nov 17 2013 The choosing is done by whoever fronts the money for the bounty based on...
- lomereiter (3/5) Nov 18 2013 Yep, but AFAIU the question is specifically about Facebook
- Daniel Murphy (4/10) Nov 17 2013 Thanks for the easy money Andrei and Facebook! I'll put it in my dconf1...
- John J (5/9) Nov 17 2013 The D Programming Language on bountysource is missing "Description":
- Andrei Alexandrescu (6/17) Nov 17 2013 I see "D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It
- Baz (6/24) Feb 20 2014 Ahahahahaahhahahahahahaha....$80...
- Steven Schveighoffer (10/14) Feb 20 2014 Sorry, I know this is trolling, but I just have to respond.
- Andrej Mitrovic (5/9) Feb 20 2014 If anything, it shows Facebook isn't shy about spending money. But
- Francesco Cattoglio (5/9) Feb 20 2014 Ok, I must say I'm shocked, and yes this 19 Billion $ spent make
Hello, As part of a larger program to support the open source community, Facebook has is putting bounties on bugs in the D programming language implementation. The initial budget is small, but if we find that it accelerates development we may add to it. As a sample we've added $80 bounties to three regressions: http://goo.gl/JvajFP http://goo.gl/LLhRIw http://goo.gl/2crX4V We're still tweaking the best allocation of sums to bugs depending on their importance and difficulty. I will update this list once I've allocated the entire budget, likely before the end of day today. Beyond the money involved, this is a gesture of good faith, confidence, and investment in the future of D. Let's respond in kind! Andrei
Nov 15 2013
On 11/15/13 9:51 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: [snip] http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1qpdil/facebook_puts_bounties_on_bugs_in_the_d/ Andrei
Nov 15 2013
On 11/15/13 9:51 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: [snip] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6740999 Andrei
Nov 15 2013
On Friday, 15 November 2013 at 17:51:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Hello, As part of a larger program to support the open source community, Facebook has is putting bounties on bugs in the D programming language implementation. The initial budget is small, but if we find that it accelerates development we may add to it.Anyone interested better hurry before Kenji wakes up in a few hours. :P
Nov 15 2013
On Friday, 15 November 2013 at 17:51:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Hello, As part of a larger program to support the open source community, Facebook has is putting bounties on bugs in the D programming language implementation. The initial budget is small, but if we find that it accelerates development we may add to it. As a sample we've added $80 bounties to three regressions: http://goo.gl/JvajFP http://goo.gl/LLhRIw http://goo.gl/2crX4V We're still tweaking the best allocation of sums to bugs depending on their importance and difficulty. I will update this list once I've allocated the entire budget, likely before the end of day today. Beyond the money involved, this is a gesture of good faith, confidence, and investment in the future of D. Let's respond in kind! AndreiThe D Programming Language? $80? Ha... Fail.
Nov 15 2013
On Friday, 15 November 2013 at 21:05:56 UTC, Joseph Frank wrote:On Friday, 15 November 2013 at 17:51:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:It is a start! What IDE is facebook using for D development? Would it be an option to support the development of that too?Hello, As part of a larger program to support the open source community, Facebook has is putting bounties on bugs in the D programming language implementation. The initial budget is small, but if we find that it accelerates development we may add to it. As a sample we've added $80 bounties to three regressions: http://goo.gl/JvajFP http://goo.gl/LLhRIw http://goo.gl/2crX4V We're still tweaking the best allocation of sums to bugs depending on their importance and difficulty. I will update this list once I've allocated the entire budget, likely before the end of day today. Beyond the money involved, this is a gesture of good faith, confidence, and investment in the future of D. Let's respond in kind! AndreiThe D Programming Language? $80? Ha... Fail.
Nov 15 2013
On 11/15/13 1:05 PM, Joseph Frank wrote:The D Programming Language? $80? Ha... Fail.How do you mean that? The budget is of course much larger than that. I'd just started assigning it. Andrei
Nov 15 2013
On Saturday, 16 November 2013 at 00:45:18 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:How do you mean that? The budget is of course much larger than that. I'd just started assigning it. AndreiWhat's going to be the bounty for getting a precise GC in D? Is it even fair to say there's a single bounty hunter? OK, OK, just kidding! I think it's great that FB does this. -- Brian
Nov 15 2013
On 11/15/2013 5:40 PM, Brian Rogoff wrote:On Saturday, 16 November 2013 at 00:45:18 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:It's not restricted to FB. Using the site https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/383571-d-programming-language any outfit (or individual!) using D that wants to encourage the community to fix a particular bug can post any bounty they like there. Sometimes companies do ask me if there is a way they can "give back" to the D community (since we make free software), and this is a great way to do it.How do you mean that? The budget is of course much larger than that. I'd just started assigning it. AndreiWhat's going to be the bounty for getting a precise GC in D? Is it even fair to say there's a single bounty hunter? OK, OK, just kidding! I think it's great that FB does this.
Nov 15 2013
On Saturday, 16 November 2013 at 02:13:56 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:On 11/15/2013 5:40 PM, Brian Rogoff wrote:Off Topic: Was a big fan of yours during your symantec C++ days ( spent tons of time going through the standard library implementations ). Have never heard of D before today. Will be sure to check it out. Thanks for all your contributions to the community.On Saturday, 16 November 2013 at 00:45:18 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:It's not restricted to FB. Using the site https://www.bountysource.com/trackers/383571-d-programming-language any outfit (or individual!) using D that wants to encourage the community to fix a particular bug can post any bounty they like there. Sometimes companies do ask me if there is a way they can "give back" to the D community (since we make free software), and this is a great way to do it.How do you mean that? The budget is of course much larger than that. I'd just started assigning it. AndreiWhat's going to be the bounty for getting a precise GC in D? Is it even fair to say there's a single bounty hunter? OK, OK, just kidding! I think it's great that FB does this.
Nov 16 2013
On 11/16/2013 1:08 AM, Raj wrote:Off Topic: Was a big fan of yours during your symantec C++ days ( spent tons of time going through the standard library implementations ). Have never heard of D before today. Will be sure to check it out. Thanks for all your contributions to the community.Thanks, and nice to hear from you!
Nov 16 2013
Please join me in congratulating Daniel, who took only 24 hours to fix a codegen bug: https://www.bountysource.com/issues/1325896-reg-2-064-wrong-code-with-o-on-x86_64-for-char-comparisons/claims I just approved his bounty. Don't spend it all in one place! It's really exciting to see how this is unfolding. Andrei
Nov 16 2013
On Sunday, 17 November 2013 at 04:27:10 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Please join me in congratulating Daniel, who took only 24 hours to fix a codegen bug: https://www.bountysource.com/issues/1325896-reg-2-064-wrong-code-with-o-on-x86_64-for-char-comparisons/claims I just approved his bounty. Don't spend it all in one place! It's really exciting to see how this is unfolding. AndreiCongrats Daniel! I ask out of curiosity: if budget is bigger, which "allocation strategy" is used? How bugs to fix are chosen? Who choose?
Nov 17 2013
On Sunday, 17 November 2013 at 17:25:39 UTC, Andrea Fontana wrote:How bugs to fix are chosen? Who choose?I guess those with the largest number of votes are selected.
Nov 17 2013
On 11/17/2013 9:38 AM, lomereiter wrote:On Sunday, 17 November 2013 at 17:25:39 UTC, Andrea Fontana wrote:The choosing is done by whoever fronts the money for the bounty based on whatever they want. Also, anyone can use the system to put a bounty on any bug, or can add (their own funds) to any existing bounty.How bugs to fix are chosen? Who choose?I guess those with the largest number of votes are selected.
Nov 17 2013
On Sunday, 17 November 2013 at 22:41:20 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:The choosing is done by whoever fronts the money for the bounty based on whatever they want.Yep, but AFAIU the question is specifically about Facebook bounties.
Nov 18 2013
"Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> wrote in message news:l69git$14v1$1 digitalmars.com...Please join me in congratulating Daniel, who took only 24 hours to fix a codegen bug: https://www.bountysource.com/issues/1325896-reg-2-064-wrong-code-with-o-on-x86_64-for-char-comparisons/claims I just approved his bounty. Don't spend it all in one place! It's really exciting to see how this is unfolding. AndreiThanks for the easy money Andrei and Facebook! I'll put it in my dconf14 travel fund.
Nov 17 2013
On 11/15/2013 12:51 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Hello, As part of a larger program to support the open source community, Facebook has is putting bounties on bugs in the D programming language implementation.The D Programming Language on bountysource is missing "Description": https://www.bountysource.com/trackers It would be nice to add a brief description. Besides clarity, it's a free publicity too. :)
Nov 17 2013
On 11/17/13 9:38 AM, John J wrote:On 11/15/2013 12:51 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:I see "D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and programmer productivity." Probably added recently by someone else. AndreiHello, As part of a larger program to support the open source community, Facebook has is putting bounties on bugs in the D programming language implementation.The D Programming Language on bountysource is missing "Description": https://www.bountysource.com/trackers It would be nice to add a brief description. Besides clarity, it's a free publicity too. :)
Nov 17 2013
On 11/17/2013 08:49 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:On 11/17/13 9:38 AM, John J wrote:Yes, someone has added that after my post here. Thanks.On 11/15/2013 12:51 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:I see "D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and programmer productivity." Probably added recently by someone else. AndreiHello, As part of a larger program to support the open source community, Facebook has is putting bounties on bugs in the D programming language implementation.The D Programming Language on bountysource is missing "Description": https://www.bountysource.com/trackers It would be nice to add a brief description. Besides clarity, it's a free publicity too. :)
Nov 17 2013
On Monday, 18 November 2013 at 01:49:57 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:On 11/17/13 9:38 AM, John J wrote:On 11/15/2013 12:51 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:I see "D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and programmer productivity." Probably added
Nov 17 2013
On Friday, 15 November 2013 at 17:51:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Hello, As part of a larger program to support the open source community, Facebook has is putting bounties on bugs in the D programming language implementation. The initial budget is small, but if we find that it accelerates development we may add to it. As a sample we've added $80 bounties to three regressions: http://goo.gl/JvajFP http://goo.gl/LLhRIw http://goo.gl/2crX4V We're still tweaking the best allocation of sums to bugs depending on their importance and difficulty. I will update this list once I've allocated the entire budget, likely before the end of day today. Beyond the money involved, this is a gesture of good faith, confidence, and investment in the future of D. Let's respond in kind! AndreiAhahahahaahhahahahahahaha....$80... They just put 19 000 000 000 $ for a web app. Are you kiddin us ? JERK.MASSIVE DOUCHE.FUCK.
Feb 20 2014
On Thu, 20 Feb 2014 15:25:05 -0500, Baz <sfnje appixie.com> wrote:Ahahahahaahhahahahahahaha....$80... They just put 19 000 000 000 $ for a web app. Are you kiddin us ? JERK.MASSIVE DOUCHE.FUCK.Sorry, I know this is trolling, but I just have to respond. Fixing a bug in an open source project with very minor implications on Facebook's code base is MASSIVELY different than having an app with half a billion users that instantly expands Facebook's potential into millions worth of revenue. You don't want to fix the bug? Good, I'm sure your code would suck anyway with that attitude. If you want to prove me wrong, go write an app that facebook buys for 19 billion. -Steve
Feb 20 2014
On 2/20/14, Steven Schveighoffer <schveiguy yahoo.com> wrote:Fixing a bug in an open source project with very minor implications on Facebook's code base is MASSIVELY different than having an app with half a billion users that instantly expands Facebook's potential into millions worth of revenue.If anything, it shows Facebook isn't shy about spending money. But they will only do it if it's worth it. IOW, if bounties aren't worked on they'll have no incentive to offer more bounties or increase the payout for specific bounties.
Feb 20 2014
On Thursday, 20 February 2014 at 20:25:11 UTC, Baz wrote:Ahahahahaahhahahahahahaha....$80... They just put 19 000 000 000 $ for a web app. Are you kiddin us ?Ok, I must say I'm shocked, and yes this 19 Billion $ spent make look bounties on D project some kind of joke. HoweverJERK.MASSIVE DOUCHE.FUCK.what the hell has Andrei to do with this lol. You'd better grow a pair and send an email to Zuckerberg, my boy.
Feb 20 2014