On Saturday, 17 March 2018 at 20:02:01 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
And yet in Paris lives a man, presumably a French citizen, who
was working on a cryptocurrency scaling startup last dconf and
that ended up being part of the path towards launching Bitcoin
Cash. So some French citizens don't s
On Sunday, 18 March 2018 at 07:06:37 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
It may not be distributor greed: I was one of the founders of a
WordPerfect distributor in Turkey in around 1991.
Cool :-)
I don't know whether it was the US government rules or
WordPerfect rules but they simply could not sell us an
On 03/17/2018 02:31 AM, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
> I don't know about compilers specifically, but the big distributors in
> Europe charged some hefty margins on their imports. So pricing in US was
> often much lower than here...
It may not be distributor greed: I was one of the founders of a
On 3/17/2018 1:02 PM, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
Anyway I asked Walter about why so many Germans in the D community. No final
answer. It's interesting that Walter is of German descent. A controversial
topic, but in my experience what you are from shapes who you are, how you think
and what you valu
On Saturday, 17 March 2018 at 20:17:17 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
... A small group, drawn to do something for intrinsic reasons
starts to create something. And they get no face because it
seems completely unrealistic and in truth the odds are very
much against success. But they create somet
On Saturday, 17 March 2018 at 16:26:27 UTC, Guillaume Piolat
wrote:
While France is all about status (titles, living well over your
means), and people prefer to learn "high-status" languages, I
guess this is the profile of late adopters everywhere.
Yes, status seems one of the most important t
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 18:38:44 UTC, Aurélien Plazzotta
wrote:
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why
exactly D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in
other countries of Europe (and that general post code) lik
On 3/17/2018 4:28 AM, Arjan wrote:
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 19:27:40 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
My old company's product, Zortech C++, was also very popular in Germany,
England, and Japan. I don't know why.
And a certain spot in the Netherlands, because at the time it outperformed all
the o
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 18:38:44 UTC, Aurélien Plazzotta
wrote:
Also, french citizens don't like taking financial and
technological risks, now adopting D for professionnal use is a
big one.
A friend of mine has heard about D for about ten years. I've been
bothering people for a while.
A
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 14:50:26 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
Well, Algol, Pascal, Oberon, Component Pascal, VHDL, Ada are
all examples of programming languages successfully used in
Europe, while having adoption issues on US.
It's even stranger for Ada because AFAIK it was invented for US
go
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 19:27:40 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 3/16/2018 4:44 AM, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why
exactly D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in
other countries of Europe (and that general post code) like
France, Italy, GB, Rom
On Saturday, 17 March 2018 at 09:31:58 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
I don't know about compilers specifically, but the big
distributors in Europe charged some hefty margins on their
imports. So pricing in US was often much lower than here...
When I think of it, the distributors probably onl
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly
D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in other
countries of Europe (and that general post code) like France,
Italy, GB, Romania and Russia etc.?
My guess is that it
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 22:43:57 UTC, Chris wrote:
Most interesting! I'm not kidding. Is it 'wow it's from the
US', or something else? Genuine question. I ain't asking for
fun. There's more to business and technology than meets the eye.
I don't know about compilers specifically, but the bi
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 22:25:50 UTC, jmh530 wrote:
This sort of analysis applies to programming languages in
exactly the same way. If I'm a company, do I build products
using language X or language Y. If I'm a person, do I spend N
hours learning language X or language Y (or do the next bes
On Saturday, 17 March 2018 at 08:48:45 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
Anyway, cultural change is slow. Even though the 70s is far
away, it still probably has an effect on culture and attitudes
in universities and the tech sector.
In the late 80s I was quite surprised that Danish computing mag
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 14:50:26 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
Well, Algol, Pascal, Oberon, Component Pascal, VHDL, Ada are
all examples of programming languages successfully used in
Europe, while having adoption issues on US.
There are some historical roots, I believe. In the 60s and 70s
compu
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 19:27:40 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 3/16/2018 4:44 AM, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why
exactly D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in
other countries of Europe (and that general post code) like
France, Italy, GB, Rom
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 19:15:16 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
The point is that there is no "fundamental" reason someone
using a computer uses a qwerty keyboard. If you are to ask
"what makes the qwerty keyboard the best choice for someone
using a computer?" you are not going to have any luck fi
On 3/16/2018 4:44 AM, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly D is so popular
in Germany (my impression) and in other countries of Europe (and that general
post code) like France, Italy, GB, Romania and Russia etc.?
My old company's product, Zortech C++, wa
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 16:18:55 UTC, jmh530 wrote:
We use qwerty because that's what the first commercially
successful typewriter used. When computers came about, they
needed to get people to transition over. Keeping qwerty was the
optimal decision because of marginal costs and marginal
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly
D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in other
countries of Europe (and that general post code) like France,
Italy, GB, Romania and Russia etc.?
To the best of my kn
On 03/16/2018 08:32 AM, Radu wrote:
> Maybe the name has something to do with it :D
Not about numerology, but for "priming" reasons I think names do have
effect. For example, Germany's country letter is D. ;)
Thinking back, the fact that my daughter's name starts with D may have a
positive e
On 03/16/2018 09:18 AM, jmh530 wrote:
> On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 16:02:07 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>> Much of programming language
>> adoption involves choosing languages others are using
Agreed. In my case, "others" have been people who I respected or
happened to be my close friends. Over the
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
[...]
easy code readability, few keywords, well defined and predictable
(ex. ebnf)
well D is all - but that. i can't get anyone in our company to
use it even for little stuff.
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 16:02:07 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
Allow me to put on my economist hat and say you might be
looking for explanations when none are required. Much of
programming language adoption involves choosing languages
others are using (see, well, any conversation about programmin
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly
D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in other
countries of Europe (and that general post code) like France,
Italy, GB, Romania and Russia etc.? I've always been intri
On Friday, March 16, 2018 11:44:59 Chris via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly D
> is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in other countries
> of Europe (and that general post code) like France, Italy, GB,
> Romania and Russia etc.? I've al
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 15:14:08 UTC, Chris wrote:
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 14:50:26 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
Well, Algol, Pascal, Oberon, Component Pascal, VHDL, Ada are
all examples of programming languages successfully used in
Europe, while having adoption issues on US.
Even Delphi
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 14:45:28 UTC, Guillaume Piolat wrote:
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why
exactly D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in
other countries of Europe (and that general post code) like
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly
D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in other
countries of Europe (and that general post code) like France,
Italy, GB, Romania and Russia etc.? I've always been intri
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 14:50:26 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
Well, Algol, Pascal, Oberon, Component Pascal, VHDL, Ada are
all examples of programming languages successfully used in
Europe, while having adoption issues on US.
Even Delphi is still having regular conferences and magazine
artic
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly
D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in other
countries of Europe (and that general post code) like France,
Italy, GB, Romania and Russia etc.? I've always been intri
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly
D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in other
countries of Europe (and that general post code) like France,
Italy, GB, Romania and Russia etc.?
Made-up theory that
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 14:18:16 UTC, bauss wrote:
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 13:51:03 UTC, Chris wrote:
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 12:43:03 UTC, psychoticRabbit
wrote:
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Hint: there's a Ph.D. in it ;)
Hint: Do not write a Ph.D based
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 13:51:03 UTC, Chris wrote:
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 12:43:03 UTC, psychoticRabbit wrote:
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Hint: there's a Ph.D. in it ;)
Hint: Do not write a Ph.D based on impressions ;-)
Hint: Do not write a Ph.D. at all
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 12:43:03 UTC, psychoticRabbit wrote:
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Hint: there's a Ph.D. in it ;)
Hint: Do not write a Ph.D based on impressions ;-)
Hint: Do not write a Ph.D. at all ;)
On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
Hint: there's a Ph.D. in it ;)
Hint: Do not write a Ph.D based on impressions ;-)
Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly D
is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in other countries
of Europe (and that general post code) like France, Italy, GB,
Romania and Russia etc.? I've always been intrigued by the fact
that it originated in the US but that
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