Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:27 AM, hasen wrote: > > Say, a guy like me, who's not very well experienced in writing useful > applications (I mostly write throw-away code or university assignments). > > If I want to write a small program and I want to make it "scriptable", then > I suppose that I can u

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 6:27 AM, hasen wrote: > > Say, a guy like me, who's not very well experienced in writing useful > applications (I mostly write throw-away code or university assignments). > > If I want to write a small program and I want to make it "scriptable", then > I suppose that I can u

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

Jarrett Billingsley wrote: I'm bad at meeting deadlines. Partly because I mismanage my time, but a large part of it is also because being a perfectionist, I never know when to _stop working on something_. After nearly two years in development, I think I'm ready to call MiniD 2 "gold." http://w

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Kristian Kilpi wrote: > On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:31:33 +0300, Jarrett Billingsley > wrote: >> >> I'm bad at meeting deadlines.  Partly because I mismanage my time, but >> a large part of it is also because being a perfectionist, I never know >> when to _stop working

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:31:33 +0300, Jarrett Billingsley wrote: I'm bad at meeting deadlines. Partly because I mismanage my time, but a large part of it is also because being a perfectionist, I never know when to _stop working on something_. After nearly two years in development, I think I'm r

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:06 AM, BLS wrote: > Jarrett Billingsley wrote: >> >> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, BLS wrote: >>> >>> Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are >>> excellent. >>> In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty + >>> Humor. >>

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

Jarrett Billingsley wrote: On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, BLS wrote: Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are excellent. In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty + Humor. (well,... maybe C++ in 21 days was already a joke) but nevertheless Jes

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

Jarrett Billingsley wrote: On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Jesse Phillips wrote: On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:39:01 +0200, BLS wrote: Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are excellent. In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty + Humor. (well,...

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, BLS wrote: > Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are excellent. > In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty + Humor. > (well,... maybe C++ in 21 days was already a joke) but nevertheless Jesse's > book was a kind o

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Jesse Phillips wrote: > On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:39:01 +0200, BLS wrote: > >> Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are >> excellent. >> In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty + >> Humor. (well,... maybe C++ in 21

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:39:01 +0200, BLS wrote: > Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are > excellent. > In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty + > Humor. (well,... maybe C++ in 21 days was already a joke) but > nevertheless Jesse's book was a

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are excellent. In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty + Humor. (well,... maybe C++ in 21 days was already a joke) but nevertheless Jesse's book was a kind of eye opener to me simply because it shows that

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Robert Clipsham wrote: > Jarrett Billingsley wrote: >> >> Any questions, just ask, please! > > Congrats on finally making a release! The only question I have really, is do > you plan on making some release binaries/libraries? You mentioned about the > tool chain be

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Nick Sabalausky wrote: > "Jarrett Billingsley" wrote in message > news:mailman.264.1245108702.13405.digitalmars-d-annou...@puremagic.com... >> >> I recommend you read the spec and the language tutorial if you're >> wondering what the language is all about. >> > > W

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Tim Matthews wrote: > Jarrett Billingsley wrote: >> >> What kind of performance, you ask?  Well, almost every test I've run >> kicks the crap out of Python, and is more in the ballpark of Lua.  The >> only tests that don't quite measure up are those which are GC-hea

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 1:55 AM, Robert Fraser wrote: >> Any questions, just ask, please! > > Awesome; thanks! How's its standard library file manipulation support and Simple, but you can still do quite a bit. The IO lib: http://www.dsource.org/projects/minid/wiki/StdLib2/IOLib has a good amou

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

Jarrett Billingsley wrote: Any questions, just ask, please! Congrats on finally making a release! The only question I have really, is do you plan on making some release binaries/libraries? You mentioned about the tool chain being difficult to use, it might be nice if there were some premade

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

Jarrett Billingsley wrote: What kind of performance, you ask? Well, almost every test I've run kicks the crap out of Python, and is more in the ballpark of Lua. The only tests that don't quite measure up are those which are GC-heavy. How does it compare to stackless python at doing the tasks

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

"Jarrett Billingsley" wrote in message news:mailman.264.1245108702.13405.digitalmars-d-annou...@puremagic.com... > > I recommend you read the spec and the language tutorial if you're > wondering what the language is all about. > Where is the language tutorial? > = You're drunk, aren't you? = >

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

Jarrett Billingsley wrote: I'm bad at meeting deadlines. Partly because I mismanage my time, but a large part of it is also because being a perfectionist, I never know when to _stop working on something_. After nearly two years in development, I think I'm ready to call MiniD 2 "gold." http://w

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Mon, Jun 15, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote: > On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:31:33 -0400, Jarrett Billingsley > wrote: > >> >> = I'm bearophile, and I don't think it performs as well as , and >> isn't similar enough to Python. = >> > > lol! > > >> Any questions, just ask, please! > > > md

Re: MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

On Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:31:33 -0400, Jarrett Billingsley wrote: = I'm bearophile, and I don't think it performs as well as , and isn't similar enough to Python. = lol! Any questions, just ask, please! mdsh? But I'll still give it a look. I haven't learned a new language in a whil

MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

I'm bad at meeting deadlines. Partly because I mismanage my time, but a large part of it is also because being a perfectionist, I never know when to _stop working on something_. After nearly two years in development, I think I'm ready to call MiniD 2 "gold." http://www.dsource.org/projects/minid