[OT] Re: Scott Meyers' DConf 2014 keynote "The Last Thing D Needs"

2014-05-29 Thread Alix Pexton via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 28/05/2014 2:05 PM, Craig Dillabaugh wrote: On Tuesday, 27 May 2014 at 21:40:00 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 5/27/2014 2:22 PM, w0rp wrote: I'm actually a native speaker of 25 years and I didn't get it at first. Natural language communicates ideas approximately. What bugs me is when people

Re: [OT] Re: Scott Meyers' DConf 2014 keynote "The Last Thing D Needs"

2014-05-29 Thread Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Thu, 29 May 2014 04:57:14 -0400, Alix Pexton wrote: On 28/05/2014 2:05 PM, Craig Dillabaugh wrote: On Tuesday, 27 May 2014 at 21:40:00 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 5/27/2014 2:22 PM, w0rp wrote: I'm actually a native speaker of 25 years and I didn't get it at first. Natural language com

Re: [OT] Re: Scott Meyers' DConf 2014 keynote "The Last Thing D Needs"

2014-05-29 Thread Nick Sabalausky via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 5/29/2014 9:14 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: On Thu, 29 May 2014 04:57:14 -0400, Alix Pexton wrote: I couldn't resist looking up this debate, and its quite a fiery one with no clear winner! There is no clear origin to the phrase and equal arguments for and against both forms. If you thi