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I know that he is but this is incredibly off-topic. Aro deserves the attention it is getting, without the discussion getting hijacked by another project. D wou

• jraph 2y ago
  Walter's comment could be read more charitably and could show his interest in Zig and similar choices that are made. The last sentence, or, indeed, the whole comment, can be read like "We did this for D, and it works well. [go for it]". I don't think D is casting any shadow on Zig. Both languages play in the same field, D is older but I feel like we hear about Zig way more these days. His comment is likely to interest people interested in Zig or PLs in general. The comment as is might lack some finesse but I don't think it deserves this level of aggressiveness.
  • bithavoc 2y ago
    I have profound respect for Walter and all his work, same for Andrei; but his comment was off-topic.
• pests 2y ago
  His post does seem self-promotional I admit but Walter usually shows up in any threads about compilers and usually shares interesting comparisons and contrasts to how his language and compiler handled the issue. For me, I appreciate the perspective and opinions of someone else in the industry with proven results. D is a major language, you can't deny that. Maybe this post he should have went into a little more detail but I do not think he posted this with ill intent. If anything I'm sure he would love to continue a dialog about the design decisions that led him to implement the same feature - and maybe this was his way of starting the conversation. Given that he is a 15 year member of our community, and has earned 70k karma, we should give him the benefit of the doubt.
  • WalterBright 2y ago
    > he should have went into a little more detail If there's interest, I can give more detail.
• fuzztester 2y ago
  >I know that he is but this is incredibly off-topic. no, it is not. in the fine tradition of hn, let me reply by saying, "that's like, just your opinion, man". which is not worth more than any other people's opinion on this site. maybe worth less. e.g.: >D would deserve attention too if ... so now you are telling everyone what deserves attention? then what have you done to deserve attention yourself (to your comments, that is)? walter has done plenty. he created the D language, and still maintains it, along with others, like, you know, Andrei, for one. Google who that is. Google about Walter to know what other stuff he has done before, like you know, the Zortech C++ compiler.
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  • nequo 2y ago
    Let me just say, your comments have not been the most constructive I’ve read.
    • fuzztester 2y ago
      Sure, I will let you say it :) Let me say that I think the same about this comment of yours upthread: >>D would deserve attention too, in a separate post, or here if it was explained how it relates to Aro. In case you cannot or don't want to google for some reason, here are the Wikipedia articles about D, Walter and Andrei, and important related topics (all on Wikipedia, which implies notability) that I suggested you look up, above: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bright https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Bright https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zortech_C%2B%2B https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zortech_C%2B%2B https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(1977_video_game) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(1977_video_game) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(programming_language) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(programming_language) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Alexandrescu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrei_Alexandrescu https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_C%2B%2B_Design https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_C%2B%2B_Design https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%2B%2B Edit: spelling