Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
bearophile wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu:
I don't plan to discuss minor features on this group anymore.
In about two years I've never heard Walter say something like that
(even if may think similar things every day), he doesn't need a
pedestal.
This has nothing to do with a pedestal. It's simple pragmatics. We are
fulfilling Wadler's law (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Wadlers_Law)
around here, and that's counterproductive.
Yeah. But more important is, of course, that you are important to the
development of D, even on your own. That means, that unless you are
careful with the time spent on this newsgroup, it will unduely eat away
from your time with actual development. (And even thinking, in some cases.)
For example, spending copious amounts of ink on trying to explain some
of the most esoteric features to some who have no chance of getting it
with any amount of explanation, is a waste of time. Let the ideas
trickle down. At the end of the day (er, actually, the month), the guys
sitting next to him will explain it in more suitable terms anyway.
Also, sometimes being too terse, only causes a flurry of (either
misunderstandings, or) a barrage of questions, that you then have to
answer, instead of answering properly the first time around.
BUT, THIS IS not important, and please, don't take the above personally.
It was just thoughts in response to "not planning to discuss minor
features". They're important too.
AND I'm not perfect either. Definitely not.
