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Interesting: considering the tone of the YC announcement post I had assumed that funding via Kickstarter was put on the back burner. In particular I'm surprised
by llambda 14y ago
Interesting: considering the tone of the YC announcement post I had assumed that funding via Kickstarter was put on the back burner. In particular I'm surprised that support for a given language would hinge on a funding goal therein! So a number of questions come to mind: Wasn't Chris offering to return Kickstarter donations? What will happen if some people take him up on that offer after the funding period has closed? Perhaps Python support should be based off a different metric now that Chris is guaranteed funding via YC?
- SatvikBeri 14y agoIf I recall correctly, when Light Table was accepted into YC, Chris sent out an e-mail saying that Light Table was now guaranteed to happen and that if the only reason you donated was to make sure the project went through, you can feel free to retract the pledge (no money is withdrawn until the actual end date). He also mentioned that with YC backing Python support was likely to happen sooner or later, but the $300k mark still puts Python in the "sooner" bucket.