On 25 June 2013 16:18, Joakim <joa...@airpost.net> wrote: > Now that the last talk from DConf is up, I thought it might be a good time > to review them, as someone who didn't attend. > > From the standpoint of a D conference, the worst talk was Walter's. It was > clearly aimed at a non-D audience, so there was nothing new there for a D > audience: I'm guessing it's a familiar talk he gives to outside groups. > However, as a recording on the internet, it might be the best talk for > newbies, as an introduction to the language, as every other talk goes deeper > into the language. > > I wish Walter had done a real technical talk on his experiences developing D > and dmd, as he is a font of knowledge on many technical topics, rather than > a basic overview of D. Maybe next year, perhaps he can talk about porting > dmd to D. :) >
Actually, when having coffee between myself, Brad, Walter and Manu before the conference. I'm pretty certain he mentioned feeling a bit odd that he was going to do largely a non-technical talk. And to be honest, a keynote speech should be kept non-technical. :) -- Iain Buclaw *(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';