AstonJ

AstonJ

Language Core Teams - how big are they and does it matter?

Just wondering about this - generally how big are the core teams of programming languages?

Do larger teams progress more quickly than smaller teams?

Are there notable differences between languages with big/small teams?

Do you have a preference even - are you swayed by the size of a team? :upside_down_face:

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dimitarvp

dimitarvp

I don’t idolize Linus but the added context here is that the Linux kernel is a very sensitive project in many regards (don’t break user code, prioritize performance, try and do a good job security-wise etc.) and there’s a steep learning curve before participating. Linus is kind of right part of the time when he gets angry at people who never bothered to learn the basics on how to participate.

I mean, that’s like going to a job interview at NASA without having interest in physics and astronomy.

So again, the guy can be a douche but I feel such a gatekeeper is needed for a high-profile project like the Linux kernel.

AstonJ

AstonJ

Gate-keeping is fine… but it doesn’t hurt to be polite :blush: I have a policy for being nice, tolerant and understanding to all but those who are not nice, intolerant or malicious.

Making concessions is good as well. Someone’s personal circumstances can provide context. Someone brought up in a modern country today, will more likely to be progressive than someone brought up in a developing country 50 years ago. In the same vein, a noob may not be as au fait with things as someone who’s been doing it or been around for a while.

That’s just the ideal tho, at least imo - everyone’s different and we all slip up from time to time.

herminiotorres

herminiotorres

I think the team size it’s not so much important… IMHO, the biggest and important thing its who much diversity not only in technical skills the team should be applying new cool features and handle the best way the real-world problems.

Automate such route things like mix and hex handle perfectly and use the language for programmers to use and do their jobs more fun and enjoyable.

The community born around the language needs to be inclusive no hostile, this another thing, and this always starts with a team, more people could come to language to doing contributes tough.

My principal language is Ruby and is the biggest of my new language I would like to use in the feature, by the way, is the Elixir. And they both are a good language ecosystem and community too as well, and if you analyze the javascript ecosystem and you definitely could see so much hostile environment most people stop to contribute and create their solutions, the biggest deal its create you’re transpile for Javascript, e.g Typescript, Elm, ReasonML and other and other and other, and you stop and see the big picture your community are so fragmented and the initial propose about the language does more matter.

And another example is kernel Linux is such a hostile OSS project and we see many people stop contributing because of the many dump garbage words their receive from Linus.

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