Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-18 Thread Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d
On Thursday, 17 September 2015 at 23:39:50 UTC, Andy Smith wrote: weeks later I can see it wasn't a particularly constructive comment so I apologize! I like to think of myself as being a wee bit classier than that which is probably why I've taken a while to respond. No need to apologize. The

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-17 Thread Andy Smith via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 2 September 2015 at 10:42:05 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote: On Wednesday, 2 September 2015 at 01:09:41 UTC, Andy Smith wrote: ... and with that fantastically witty comment I guess many potential female D developers have ruled themselves out... (I hate myself when I bite

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-02 Thread Vladimir Panteleev via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:57:46 UTC, wobbles wrote: that lets you choose exactly what to pay for. This would be false advertising at this point.

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-02 Thread via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 2 September 2015 at 01:09:41 UTC, Andy Smith wrote: ... and with that fantastically witty comment I guess many potential female D developers have ruled themselves out... (I hate myself when I bite trolling, but in case you are serious; be careful with that patronizing attitude

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-01 Thread Dmitry Olshansky via Digitalmars-d
On 01-Sep-2015 22:00, data man wrote: A deficient in vitamin D causes a softening of the brains. My favorite so far ;) -- Dmitry Olshansky

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-01 Thread Enamex via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:57:46 UTC, wobbles wrote: I'd remove the "joy to write and easy to maintain" bit. That's personal opinion. Could use the "Systems scripting with native performance" as a tag line though. It's nice! My, slightly altered, version: D is a multiparadigm

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-01 Thread data man via Digitalmars-d
A deficient in vitamin D causes a softening of the brains.

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-01 Thread Daniel Kozak via Digitalmars-d
Dne 1.9.2015 v 21:13 Dmitry Olshansky via Digitalmars-d napsal(a): On 01-Sep-2015 22:00, data man wrote: A deficient in vitamin D causes a softening of the brains. My favorite so far ;) Sames here :)

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-01 Thread via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 1 September 2015 at 20:14:03 UTC, Russel Winder wrote: I am not a fan of "political correctness", and maybe I am being over -sensitive for various reasons, but I think we should choose our comedy lines very carefully. I guess that rules out all D-cup jokes...

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-01 Thread Andy Smith via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 1 September 2015 at 20:35:52 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote: On Tuesday, 1 September 2015 at 20:14:03 UTC, Russel Winder wrote: I am not a fan of "political correctness", and maybe I am being over -sensitive for various reasons, but I think we should choose our comedy lines very

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-01 Thread Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d
On Tue, 2015-09-01 at 19:00 +, data man via Digitalmars-d wrote: > A deficient in vitamin D causes a softening of the brains. This is not quite as funny as it might sound, it is not the brain that is the issue, it is bones and cancer that are related issues in vitamin D deficiency. I am not

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-01 Thread welkam via Digitalmars-d
"Are you tired of waiting?"

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-01 Thread Xinok via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:38:18 UTC, Enamex wrote: Some posters on reddit remarked that D's sales pitch on the website is unnecessarily long and unindicative... I used to suffer from long compile times, poor move semantics, and undefined behavior. Then my doctor told me about D...

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-09-01 Thread Ola Fosheim Grostad via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 2 September 2015 at 01:09:41 UTC, Andy Smith wrote: ... and with that fantastically witty comment I guess many potential female D developers have ruled themselves out... "Women love D". There. Now they feel included.

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread cym13 via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:47:29 UTC, ponce wrote: On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:38:18 UTC, Enamex wrote: Some posters on reddit remarked that D's sales pitch on the website is unnecessarily long and unindicative. I'm only making a suggestion; suggest others or comment on this one:

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread Anthony Goins via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:38:18 UTC, Enamex wrote: Some posters on reddit remarked that D's sales pitch on the website is unnecessarily long and unindicative. I'm only making a suggestion; suggest others or comment on this one: D is a multiparadigm systems programming language with

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d
On 08/31/2015 01:09 AM, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote: > Seems like the sound byte has become the "we can't read that sentence, > it is too long, and contains insufficient mispelt words". One does > wonder at the attention span of the post-texting generation, seems > like about 3ms. The

Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread Enamex via Digitalmars-d
Some posters on reddit remarked that D's sales pitch on the website is unnecessarily long and unindicative. I'm only making a suggestion; suggest others or comment on this one: D is a multiparadigm systems programming language with excellent static introspection that lets you choose exactly

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d
On Mon, 2015-08-31 at 07:38 +, Enamex via Digitalmars-d wrote: > Some posters on reddit remarked that D's sales pitch on the > website is unnecessarily long and unindicative. > > I'm only making a suggestion; suggest others or comment on this > one: > > D is a multiparadigm systems

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread ponce via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:38:18 UTC, Enamex wrote: Some posters on reddit remarked that D's sales pitch on the website is unnecessarily long and unindicative. I'm only making a suggestion; suggest others or comment on this one: D is a multiparadigm systems programming language with

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread qznc via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:38:18 UTC, Enamex wrote: Some posters on reddit remarked that D's sales pitch on the website is unnecessarily long and unindicative. I'm only making a suggestion; suggest others or comment on this one: D is a multiparadigm systems programming language with

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread wobbles via Digitalmars-d
I'd remove the "joy to write and easy to maintain" bit. That's personal opinion. Could use the "Systems scripting with native performance" as a tag line though. It's nice! My, slightly altered, version: D is a multiparadigm systems programming language with deep static introspection that

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread CraigDillabaugh via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:47:29 UTC, ponce wrote: On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:38:18 UTC, Enamex wrote: Some posters on reddit remarked that D's sales pitch on the website is unnecessarily long and unindicative. I'm only making a suggestion; suggest others or comment on this one:

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread ponce via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 13:22:16 UTC, CraigDillabaugh wrote: This one gets my vote ... however did you mean 'crack cocaine'? Thought that one existed!

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:38:18 UTC, Enamex wrote: Turned out too long :/ "D rox."

Re: Dazz new description for D

2015-08-31 Thread cym13 via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:48:58 UTC, qznc wrote: On Monday, 31 August 2015 at 07:38:18 UTC, Enamex wrote: Some posters on reddit remarked that D's sales pitch on the website is unnecessarily long and unindicative. I'm only making a suggestion; suggest others or comment on this one: D