"Andrei Alexandrescu" <seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote in message news:i2cnai$hg...@digitalmars.com... > Walter Bright wrote: >> Walter Bright wrote: >>> I'm speaking at OSCON July 22 at 5:20 about D >>> http://www.oscon.com/oscon2010/public/schedule/grid/2010-07-22 See you >>> there! >> >> Inforworld writeup on it mentions D on page 2: >> >> http://www.infoworld.com/d/developer-world/mirah-brings-ruby-niceties-java-430 > > Nice but short. I hate they made you "co-inventor", possibly implying that > I'd be another one; whenever I have a chance I want to acknowledge you as > the inventor. I can qualify at most as sorcerer's apprentice. >
It's always bugged me when people use the term "invent" in relaton to a programming language. It's like saying that a musician "invented" a song, or that Mark Twain "invented" a book. Wrong word.
