I post this only as a warning to others.
Imagine being the kind of person who isn't certain he could
actually get Hello World past the D compiler -but (and?) sees
the subject "Our Sister" and immediately thinks:
"oh, Alexandrescu must be referring to his sister who is a doctor
and did the art on the book cover".
---Welcome to the world of the PL trainspotter.---
Shoot-me shoot-me shoot-me.
It gets worse: I'm at the supermarket the other day, and the guy
at the checkout has a strong Africaans accent.
I find myself saying to him; "umm if you right now, like
hypothetically, heard the sound of hooves -would you think of
horses or zebras"
No lie. Try working *that* into a brief conversation about
whether you have a store loyalty card.
Forget the Star Wars allusion -think Aliens ...when the Ripley
character mercifully torches the wretched mutant clones of
herself.
I was an actual programmer once.
please, somebody ..kill .. me
