Re: "The Case for D" on Ycombinator

2009-10-31 Thread Walter Bright
bearophile wrote: (Time ago I have suggested a "type" type, to replace some functional-style template usage with simpler imperative-style compile time functions, but it was not appreciated. Maybe also because it introduces yet another way to do the same thing, despite it looks like a simpler way)

Re: "The Case for D" on Ycombinator

2009-10-31 Thread Moritz Warning
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 13:06:15 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > Moritz Warning wrote: >> On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:50:18 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> >>> #ponce wrote: > Walter Bright Wrote: > > http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=911858 Added mandatory C++ attacks and D fa

Re: "The Case for D" on Ycombinator

2009-10-31 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
Moritz Warning wrote: On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:50:18 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: #ponce wrote: Walter Bright Wrote: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=911858 Added mandatory C++ attacks and D fanboyism I read the exchange just now (nice job ponce) and am a bit surprised how much others

Re: "The Case for D" on Ycombinator

2009-10-31 Thread Moritz Warning
On Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:50:18 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > #ponce wrote: >>> Walter Bright Wrote: >>> >>> http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=911858 >> >> Added mandatory C++ attacks and D fanboyism > > I read the exchange just now (nice job ponce) and am a bit surprised how > much others

Re: "The Case for D" on Ycombinator

2009-10-31 Thread bearophile
Andrei Alexandrescu: > I read the exchange just now (nice job ponce) and am a bit surprised how > much others know about what I do, e.g how I don't use D. My entire > doctoral research is implemented in D (to say nothing about phobos). I > haven't used another language extensively for about thr

Re: "The Case for D" on Ycombinator

2009-10-31 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
#ponce wrote: Walter Bright Wrote: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=911858 Added mandatory C++ attacks and D fanboyism I read the exchange just now (nice job ponce) and am a bit surprised how much others know about what I do, e.g how I don't use D. My entire doctoral research is impleme

Re: "The Case for D" on Ycombinator

2009-10-31 Thread #ponce
> Walter Bright Wrote: > > http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=911858 Added mandatory C++ attacks and D fanboyism

Re: "The Case for D" on Ycombinator

2009-10-31 Thread bearophile
Walter Bright Wrote: > http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=911858 It's an interesting discussion. From it it seems several persons would like a D V.1.5, something intermediate between D1 and D2. Bye, bearophile

"The Case for D" on Ycombinator

2009-10-31 Thread Walter Bright
http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=911858