Re: Teaching D at a Russian University

2022-02-20 Thread Paolo Invernizzi via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 04:38:46 UTC, matheus wrote: On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:44:42 UTC, Paul Backus wrote: Yes, this is a perfectly correct use of "for" as a coordinating conjunction. [1] It may come across as a bit formal or old-fashioned, though—in normal speech, you'd usual

Re: Teaching D at a Russian University

2022-02-20 Thread Ogi via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:23:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: So do I. I enjoy the unusual phrasings some ESL people use. Translator here. Actually, that was our collective effort towards weird wording. The original translation I sent to Mike for editing stated “*for once* header files a

Re: Teaching D at a Russian University

2022-02-20 Thread Abdulhaq via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:44:42 UTC, Paul Backus wrote: On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 20:26:45 UTC, Elronnd wrote: On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 17:33:07 UTC, matheus wrote: By the way English isn't my first language but I think there is a small typo: "In D, such nuances are few

Re: Teaching D at a Russian University

2022-02-20 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 09:58:39 UTC, Ogi wrote: On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:23:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: So do I. I enjoy the unusual phrasings some ESL people use. Translator here. Actually, that was our collective effort towards weird wording. The original translation I se

Re: Teaching D at a Russian University

2022-02-20 Thread Patrick Schluter via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:44:42 UTC, Paul Backus wrote: On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 20:26:45 UTC, Elronnd wrote: On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 17:33:07 UTC, matheus wrote: By the way English isn't my first language but I think there is a small typo: "In D, such nuances are few

Re: Teaching D at a Russian University

2022-02-20 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 10:58:57 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 09:58:39 UTC, Ogi wrote: On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:23:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: So do I. I enjoy the unusual phrasings some ESL people use. Translator here. Actually, that was our collec

Re: Teaching D at a Russian University

2022-02-20 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 11:04:45 UTC, Patrick Schluter wrote: I read that the "for" as an equivalent of "because" was indeed almost extinct but was more or less resurrected by Tolkien as he used it throughout Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit.https://english.stackexchange.com/questions/

Re: Teaching D at a Russian University

2022-02-20 Thread Patrick Schluter via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 11:35:59 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 11:04:45 UTC, Patrick Schluter wrote: I read that the "for" as an equivalent of "because" was indeed almost extinct but was more or less resurrected by Tolkien as he used it throughout Lord of the R

Re: Teaching D at a Russian University

2022-02-20 Thread Dukc via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 20:26:45 UTC, Elronnd wrote: On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 17:33:07 UTC, matheus wrote: By the way English isn't my first language but I think there is a small typo: "In D, such nuances are fewer, for header files are not required." I think it's missing t

Re: Teaching D at a Russian University

2022-02-20 Thread Stanislav Blinov via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 04:38:46 UTC, matheus wrote: Interesting, since English is not my first language, if in that sentence instead of "for" there was the word "since", I wouldn't have been bothered, but since it was the first time I saw the usage of "for" in that way, I found awkward

DConf '22 Call for Submissions (the web is now live)

2022-02-20 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce
I've just deployed the DConf '22 web page with the details on how to submit a talk: https://dconf.org/2022/ In the Call for Submissions, I quoted Ali's remark from DConf Online 2020 because he's absolutely right. In the run up to every DConf I've been involved in organizing, there have always

Re: DConf '22 Call for Submissions (the web is now live)

2022-02-20 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 21 February 2022 at 06:24:45 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: I've just deployed the DConf '22 web page with the details on how to submit a talk: https://dconf.org/2022/ I've managed to goof up the small-screen version of the site. I'm working on it, so you might want to wait to view it o

Re: DConf '22 Call for Submissions (the web is now live)

2022-02-20 Thread ezneh via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 21 February 2022 at 06:37:05 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: On Monday, 21 February 2022 at 06:24:45 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: I've just deployed the DConf '22 web page with the details on how to submit a talk: https://dconf.org/2022/ I've managed to goof up the small-screen version of the

Re: DConf '22 Call for Submissions (the web is now live)

2022-02-20 Thread ezneh via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 21 February 2022 at 07:32:48 UTC, ezneh wrote: On Monday, 21 February 2022 at 06:37:05 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: On Monday, 21 February 2022 at 06:24:45 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: I've just deployed the DConf '22 web page with the details on how to submit a talk: https://dconf.org/2022/

Re: DConf '22 Call for Submissions (the web is now live)

2022-02-20 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 21 February 2022 at 07:32:48 UTC, ezneh wrote: Just small a type as well: perihpery -> periphery Thanks. The mobile version should be fixed now, too.