I have this hope, however irrational, that compilers and similar projects become more common on Kickstarter. This is currently the only search result for “compiler”, which feels…wrong, somehow. If I’m not doing anything else this summer, I might just put up a language project and see if I don’t get laughed off the stage.

Of course, it’s hard to offer good “prizes” (or whatever—Kickstarter doesn’t seem to have a term for them) for a project that of right ought to be free and open. This guy had the good sense to offer services, but I could see an “enterprise” edition working out as well.