r/programming subreddit
Jan 16, 2024
Introducing OpenD, a D language fork that is open to your contributions.
BtcVersus, Reddit user
A fork of the D programming language, OpenD, was announced by long-time contributor Adam Ruppe, alongside a public repository and an open call for external contributions. Ruppe described the motivation as dissatisfaction with D's governance process, arguing that it has permitted features to be merged with inconsistent review standards. Responses to the announcement framed OpenD less as a short-term protest fork and more as an attempt to establish different decision-making norms. The immediate result is a separate codebase that does not track upstream D, introducing an early divergence in language development and associated tooling.
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