Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Sean Kelly
retard Wrote: > > What is more interesting is that the majority of D users already use D2, > which has a huge list of bugs. It just tells that most D users don't use > D in serious / mission critical / money bringing projects, but instead as > a hobby. I've yet to use a compiler that had zero

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Nick Sabalausky
"Matthias Pleh" wrote in message news:ht6t33$2fv...@digitalmars.com... > Am 21.05.2010 22:27, schrieb Nick Sabalausky: >> "Matthias Pleh" wrote in message >> news:ht6p7t$27s...@digitalmars.com... >>> >>> Oh god, we have to inform micropoll, there is more than the USA ... >> >> "Kagamin" wrote i

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Nick Sabalausky
"Eric Poggel" wrote in message news:ht7i0u$hv...@digitalmars.com... > On 5/21/2010 1:57 PM, retard wrote: >> hat is more interesting is that the majority of D users already use D2, >> which has a huge list of bugs. It just tells that most D users don't use >> D in serious / mission critical / mon

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Not your grandma
Matthias Pleh Wrote: > Am 21.05.2010 22:27, schrieb Nick Sabalausky: > > "Matthias Pleh" wrote in message > > news:ht6p7t$27s...@digitalmars.com... > >> > >> Oh god, we have to inform micropoll, there is more than the USA ... > > > > "Kagamin" wrote in message > > news:ht6jgv$1tb...@digitalmars.

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Eric Poggel
On 5/21/2010 1:57 PM, retard wrote: hat is more interesting is that the majority of D users already use D2, which has a huge list of bugs. It just tells that most D users don't use D in serious / mission critical / money bringing projects, but instead as a hobby. Or possibly, D newsgroup follow

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Viktor H.
On Thu, 2010-05-20 at 14:19 -0400, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > "div0" wrote in message > news:ht3tfa$2sm...@digitalmars.com... > > > > I'm surprised so many people who don't use D bother to read this news > > group and voted on the poll. Surely they must have better things to do. > > > > I have a

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Matthias Pleh
Am 21.05.2010 22:27, schrieb Nick Sabalausky: "Matthias Pleh" wrote in message news:ht6p7t$27s...@digitalmars.com... Oh god, we have to inform micropoll, there is more than the USA ... "Kagamin" wrote in message news:ht6jgv$1tb...@digitalmars.com... I'd appreciate js, but pissed off by fl

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Nick Sabalausky
"Matthias Pleh" wrote in message news:ht6p7t$27s...@digitalmars.com... > > Oh god, we have to inform micropoll, there is more than the USA ... "Kagamin" wrote in message news:ht6jgv$1tb...@digitalmars.com... > > I'd appreciate js, but pissed off by flash. Yea, micropoll unfortunately has a lo

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Matthias Pleh
Am 20.05.2010 08:52, schrieb Nick Sabalausky: I'm interested in trying to gauge the current state of D version usage, so I've set up a poll: http://micropoll.com/t/KEFfsZBH5F I apologize for using MicroPoll (and all its manditory-JavaScript-ness). I personally hate MicroPoll but everything else

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Alex Makhotin
Walter Bright wrote: What matters not is the number of bugs, it is whether they block reasonable use of the compiler. Just one bug can make it unusable, whereas a thousand insignificant ones may not. In Steven's dcollections excerpt starting from dcollections/model/List.d, line #80: // workar

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Kagamin
Nick Sabalausky Wrote: > I apologize for using MicroPoll (and all its manditory-JavaScript-ness). I > personally hate MicroPoll but everything else I've seen is even worse and I > don't have time to make a custom one. I'd appreciate js, but pissed off by flash.

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Walter Bright
retard wrote: What is more interesting is that the majority of D users already use D2, which has a huge list of bugs. It just tells that most D users don't use D in serious / mission critical / money bringing projects, but instead as a hobby. What matters not is the number of bugs, it is whe

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Bane
Bane Wrote: > > What is more interesting is that the majority of D users already use D2, > > which has a huge list of bugs. It just tells that most D users don't use > > D in serious / mission critical / money bringing projects, but instead as > > a hobby. > > I'm in serious business with it.

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Bane
> What is more interesting is that the majority of D users already use D2, > which has a huge list of bugs. It just tells that most D users don't use > D in serious / mission critical / money bringing projects, but instead as > a hobby. I'm in serious business with it. I think D1 is up to it

Re: Misc questions:- licensing, VC++ IDE compatible, GPGPU, LTCG, QT, SDL

2010-05-21 Thread retard
Thu, 20 May 2010 10:06:17 -0700, Walter Bright wrote: > retard wrote: >> It's a rookie mistake to believe that languages have some kind of >> differences performance wise. > > Well, they do. It's also true that these performance differences can be > swamped by the quality of the implementation, a

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread retard
Fri, 21 May 2010 11:00:32 -0400, Bane wrote: > Nick Sabalausky Wrote: > >> "Nick Sabalausky" wrote in message >> news:ht3uj4$30f...@digitalmars.com... >> > "div0" wrote in message >> > news:ht3tfa$2sm...@digitalmars.com... >> >> >> >> I'm surprised so many people who don't use D bother to read

Re: Poll: Primary D version

2010-05-21 Thread Bane
Nick Sabalausky Wrote: > "Nick Sabalausky" wrote in message > news:ht3uj4$30f...@digitalmars.com... > > "div0" wrote in message > > news:ht3tfa$2sm...@digitalmars.com... > >> > >> I'm surprised so many people who don't use D bother to read this news > >> group and voted on the poll. Surely the

Re: Default argument values

2010-05-21 Thread Kagamin
Alex Makhotin Wrote: > IMHO, such inconsistencies must be > restricted or forbidden until documented properly. The compiler should > give warnings whenever possible and as many as needed to help detect bugs. > From my point of view, a good designed language should not, in > principle, allow un

Re: Default argument values

2010-05-21 Thread Kagamin
The problem you are talking of is actually a miscompilation. Why do you expect miscompiled code to work correctly? I can think of other means to miscompile code, so what?

Re: Default argument values

2010-05-21 Thread bearophile
Alex Makhotin: > As I look at D, I do not experience such attitude. D is a big step forward compared to C. Bye, bearophile

Re: Default argument values

2010-05-21 Thread Alex Makhotin
bearophile wrote: Near the end it says: If we change the value of the optional argument from 0 to 1, we have to recompile all calling code for the calling code to get the updated value! For folks shipping assemblies for a living, this means that optional argument values don't version well, a