Jean Crystof wrote:
So, what's the main reason D3 plans are unknown? Have you got a list of
realistic new features? Is it lack of manpower? Too early to release anything
new now that D2 isn't in serious production use yet?
D2 first.
Walter Bright Wrote:
> Caligo wrote:
> > If there is going to be a D3, will it be backwards compatible with D2?
>
> D3 plans are a complete unknown at the moment.
So, what's the main reason D3 plans are unknown? Have you got a list of
realistic new features? Is it lack of manpower? Too early to
Caligo wrote:
If there is going to be a D3, will it be backwards compatible with D2?
D3 plans are a complete unknown at the moment.
And why is work still being done on the D1 compiler? Shouldn't it be
marked deprecated so people stop using it and move to D2?
Since there are many breaking c
On Mon, 20 Dec 2010 07:02:51 -0500
>> "Jeff" == Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
Hi Jeff,
Jeff> Hypocrisy is a pet peeve of mine. How about discussing the gory
Jeff> problems with const, and discussing the true state of the
Jeff> language at the next D talk? If you're going to bash Go
Jeff> presentati
On 12/20/10 6:02 AM, Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
On 12/20/2010 02:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Yes, how about it? Is this a murder investigation? I have a hard time
figuring out what is the ultimate purpose of spelunking my past
statements to look for inconsistencies.
Hypocrisy is a pet peeve
On 12/20/2010 02:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Yes, how about it? Is this a murder investigation? I have a hard time
figuring out what is the ultimate purpose of spelunking my past
statements to look for inconsistencies.
Hypocrisy is a pet peeve of mine. How about discussing the gory probl
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
The main issue is perceived value. Books are not T-shirts as significant
time would have to be spent on reading them. Say I had 40 people in the
audience and 40 books. Then it would have been like passing around
marketing samples of no perceived value.
Right. If you
On 12/19/10 9:19 PM, Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
On 12/19/2010 01:44 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
I don't think it's worth investigating this, but at any rate my
thinking has been that finalizing TDPL would finalize the
specification of D2. Of course, ideally the compiler would follow
the specific
On 12/19/10 1:20 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"Andrei Alexandrescu" wrote in message
news:ielekh$1qg...@digitalmars.com...
Having a major publisher decide to take risks and invest money in
producing at professional quality and marketing a book on a up-and-coming
language is a clear signal that t
On 12/19/2010 01:44 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
I don't think it's worth investigating this, but at any rate my
thinking has been that finalizing TDPL would finalize the
specification of D2. Of course, ideally the compiler would follow
the specification as closely as possible, but with the nu
"Andrei Alexandrescu" wrote in message
news:ielekh$1qg...@digitalmars.com...
>
> Having a major publisher decide to take risks and invest money in
> producing at professional quality and marketing a book on a up-and-coming
> language is a clear signal that they believe in the success of the boo
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 19:35:52 +0100
>> "Andrej" == Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
Andrej>
Andrej> And if you get stuck with something don't hesitate asking about
Sure. Thanks.
btw, it would be nice to have code examples from TDPL to save some
typing.
Sincerely,
Gour
--
Gour | Hlapicina, Croati
On 12/19/10, Gour wrote:
>
> Now, I'm happy being assured that D(2) can be learnt using TDPL. :-)
And if you get stuck with something don't hesitate asking about it in d-learn!
On Sun, 19 Dec 2010 11:14:08 -0600
>> "Andrei" == Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Andrei> The thing is, however, that printed books still carry more
Andrei> authority than online ones, even though clearly there are many
Andrei> online books that compare favorably with the average printed
Andrei> bo
On 12/19/10 11:00 AM, Caligo wrote:
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu
mailto:seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org>>
wrote:
On 12/19/10 9:57 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
On 12/19/10, lurkermailto:l...@lurk.net>> wrote:
Does this mean that Facebook is not pa
On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 10:16 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu <
seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote:
> On 12/19/10 9:57 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>
>> On 12/19/10, lurker wrote:
>>
>>> Does this mean that Facebook is not paying you that well, after all? I
>>> could
>>>
>>> donate like $82 to you to giv
On 12/19/10 9:57 AM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
On 12/19/10, lurker wrote:
Does this mean that Facebook is not paying you that well, after all? I could
donate like $82 to you to give away three more books. No need to mention my
name, after all I'm just helping the poor.
I'm pretty sure it means
On 12/19/10, lurker wrote:
> Does this mean that Facebook is not paying you that well, after all? I could
> donate like $82 to you to give away three more books. No need to mention my
> name, after all I'm just helping the poor.
>
I'm pretty sure it means he got a couple of free books from the
pu
Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
> On 12/18/10 3:44 PM, Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
> > On 12/18/2010 03:16 PM, Don wrote:
> >> Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
> >>> D2 has *never* been officially released (like D1 was), though its
> >>> release was supposed to coincide with the release of Andrei's book.
> >>
> >> Wh
On 12/18/10 3:44 PM, Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
On 12/18/2010 03:16 PM, Don wrote:
Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
D2 has *never* been officially released (like D1 was), though its
release was supposed to coincide with the release of Andrei's book.
Where did you get that idea? I've never heard it before.
"Jeff Nowakowski" wrote in message
news:ieja3o$gf...@digitalmars.com...
> On 12/18/2010 03:16 PM, Don wrote:
>> Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
>>> D2 has *never* been officially released (like D1 was), though its
>>> release was supposed to coincide with the release of Andrei's book.
>>
>> Where did you
On 12/18/2010 03:16 PM, Don wrote:
Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
D2 has *never* been officially released (like D1 was), though its
release was supposed to coincide with the release of Andrei's book.
Where did you get that idea? I've never heard it before.
(Genuine question, I'd like to know where tha
Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
On 12/18/2010 07:55 AM, Caligo wrote:
If there is going to be a D3, will it be backwards compatible with D2?
And why is work still being done on the D1 compiler? Shouldn't it be
marked
deprecated so people stop using it and move to D2?
D1 is stable and only bug fixes
"Caligo" wrote in message
news:mailman.4.1292676932.4748.digitalmar...@puremagic.com...
>
> Also, do you know if there are any plans to standardize the language?
>
There aren't a bunch of diverging implementations of D, so standardization
isn't currently needed.
Caligo:
> If there is going to be a D3, will it be backwards compatible with D2?
This is the desire (but some details may be not fully backward compatible).
> And why is work still being done on the D1 compiler?
Bug fixes, mostly.
> Also, do you know if there are any plans to standardize the
On 12/18/2010 07:55 AM, Caligo wrote:
If there is going to be a D3, will it be backwards compatible with D2?
And why is work still being done on the D1 compiler? Shouldn't it be marked
deprecated so people stop using it and move to D2?
D1 is stable and only bug fixes are being applied to it.
If there is going to be a D3, will it be backwards compatible with D2?
And why is work still being done on the D1 compiler? Shouldn't it be marked
deprecated so people stop using it and move to D2?
Also, do you know if there are any plans to standardize the language? Is
the specification comple
Gour wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Seeing all the threads here about improving D(2) syntax for different
> features of the language, I just wonder if it's possible to learn D(2)
> language which is so much in flux by using TDPL as reference?
>
> Now I may have some time to learn D(2), but wonder when will
On Saturday 18 December 2010 01:14:19 Gour wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Seeing all the threads here about improving D(2) syntax for different
> features of the language, I just wonder if it's possible to learn D(2)
> language which is so much in flux by using TDPL as reference?
>
> Now I may have some tim
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