Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:12:02 -0800, Walter Bright wrote: > retard wrote: > > Basically D just shows how well Walter has read his CS books. > > There's a lot more to writing compilers and designing languages than > you'll find in CS books. For example, I discovered that the CS textbook > optimization algorithms don't actually work. The authors had obviously > never implemented them in a production compiler. > > >> This is not the case in languages designed by language experts such as >> Guy Steele, Simon Peyton Jones, or John McCarthy. > > I'm curious, why are you here, then?
To me D is an interesting piece of research. While my main interest is in programming and such, I'm mostly interested here in the group dynamics. It's interesting to see how much real world experience outside D community affects D (individuals such as bearophile constantly shoot us with "new" ideas) and in general how people protect their beliefs, how they justify their arguments. I'm really sorry I often sound so annoying. I guess I should stop posting at all since there seems to be small value in criticizing things or discussing various programming topics.
