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Posted in reply to krzaq | It's my blog and i'll do as *i* please. |
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Posted in reply to Gary Willoughby | After posting this yesterday i've so far had 9,900+ people visit this article (with 96.90% being new visitors). Good exposure for D i think. :) |
August 30, 2014 Re: Blog post on hidden treasure in the D standard library. | ||||
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Posted in reply to krzaq Attachments: | On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:13:23 +0000 krzaq via Digitalmars-d-announce <digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> wrote: > Negligence to do so is, to me, either extreme laziness or lack of respect to the reader. neither, in fact. i believe that those rules are useless and senseless now, so it's more like a "one man crusade". i know that virtually nobody will join me in my fight, but it's not enough to stop me. ;-) |
August 30, 2014 Re: Blog post on hidden treasure in the D standard library. | ||||
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Posted in reply to ketmar | On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 06:00:31 UTC, ketmar via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
> i believe that those rules are useless and senseless now, so it's more like a "one man crusade".
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It's not a "one man's crusade," it affects legibility and creates dissonance within the text.
It also appears unprofessional and uneducated.
I gave up on reading the article and started skimming after the small introductory paragraph got it wrong 7 times.
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August 30, 2014 Re: Blog post on hidden treasure in the D standard library. | ||||
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Posted in reply to safety0ff | On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 07:55:37 UTC, safety0ff wrote: > On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 06:00:31 UTC, ketmar via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: >> i believe that those rules are useless and senseless now, so it's more like a "one man crusade". >> > > It's not a "one man's crusade," it affects legibility and creates dissonance within the text. > It also appears unprofessional and uneducated. > I gave up on reading the article and started skimming after the small introductory paragraph got it wrong 7 times. Stop being such a grammar nazi. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovi7uQbtKas |
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Posted in reply to safety0ff Attachments: | On Sat, 30 Aug 2014 07:55:36 +0000 safety0ff via Digitalmars-d-announce <digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com> wrote: > It also appears unprofessional and uneducated. so i am. |
August 30, 2014 Re: Blog post on hidden treasure in the D standard library. | ||||
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Posted in reply to Gary Willoughby | On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 07:59:16 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote:
> On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 07:55:37 UTC, safety0ff wrote:
>> On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 06:00:31 UTC, ketmar via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
>>> i believe that those rules are useless and senseless now, so it's more like a "one man crusade".
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>> It's not a "one man's crusade," it affects legibility and creates dissonance within the text.
>> It also appears unprofessional and uneducated.
>> I gave up on reading the article and started skimming after the small introductory paragraph got it wrong 7 times.
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> Stop being such a grammar nazi.
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovi7uQbtKas
Nitpick: this is about orthography, not grammar ;-)
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Posted in reply to safety0ff | On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 07:55:37 UTC, safety0ff wrote: > On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 06:00:31 UTC, ketmar via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: >> i believe that those rules are useless and senseless now, so it's more like a "one man crusade". >> > > It's not a "one man's crusade," it affects legibility and creates dissonance within the text. > It also appears unprofessional and uneducated. > I gave up on reading the article and started skimming after the small introductory paragraph got it wrong 7 times. ƃuıןןǝds-uɐɔıɹǝɯɐ-puɐ-ɥsıʇıɹq\spɹoʍ\ɯoɔ˙sǝıɹɐuoıʇɔıppɹoɟxo˙ʍʍʍ\\:dʇʇɥ :[Ɩ] uoıʇɐnʇɔund ou puɐ ʎןuo ǝsɐɔ-ɹǝʍoן uı uo ʍou ɯoɹɟ ƃuıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ ƃuıʇıɹʍ ʇɹɐʇs ʇɥƃıɯ ı ˙ǝןdɯıs 'ǝʇıɹʍ ı ƃuıɥʇʎuɐ pɐǝɹ ʇ,uop 'ʇı ǝʞıן ʇ,uop noʎ ɟI ˙uoısıɔǝp snoıɔuoɔ ɐ ɟo ǝsnɐɔǝq op ı ʎɐʍ ǝɥʇ ǝʇıɹʍ I ˙ɹoɥʇnɐ pǝɥsıןqnd ɐ 'ןןɐ ɹǝʇɟɐ 'ɯɐ ı 'ǝɔuɐɹouƃı ɟo ʇno op ı ʎɐʍ ǝɥʇ ǝʇıɹʍ ʇ,uop I [Ɩ] ¡ƃuoɹʍ ʎןǝʇǝןdɯoɔ ʇןǝds ƃuıǝq spɹoʍ ɟo ʇunoɯɐ snoɯɹouǝ uɐ ɥʇıʍ sʇɔǝןɐıp ɥsıןƃuƎ ןןɐ ɟo ʇsɹoʍ ǝʇnןosqɐ ǝɥʇ sı ɥsıןƃuƎ uɐɔıɹǝɯ∀ ¡sɔıuoqƎ ǝʇoɹʍ puɐ ǝʞods oɥʍ ǝuoǝɯos ʇɔǝɹɹoɔ noʎ ǝǝs oʇ ǝʌoן pןnoʍ I ˙puıɥǝq ʇɟǝן ƃuıǝq ǝɹɐ sɯoıpı ןɐuoıʇıpɐɹʇ ʎuɐɯ ʇǝuɹǝʇuı ǝɥʇ ɟo ʇuǝʌpɐ ǝɥʇ ɥʇıM ˙suoıʇɐıɹɐʌ ʇuǝɹǝɟɟıp ǝʌɐɥ ɯopƃuı⋊ pǝʇıu∩ ǝɥʇ dn ǝʞɐɯ ʇɐɥʇ sǝıɹʇunoɔ ɹnoɟ ǝɥʇ uǝʌƎ ˙sʇsıxǝ ʇı ǝɹǝɥʍ ǝɹǝɥʍʎɹǝʌǝ ǝƃɐnƃuɐן ƃuıƃuɐɥɔ 'ƃuıʍoɹƃ ɐ sı ɥsıןƃuƎ puɐ 'ʇı ɟo uoısɹǝʌ ǝןʇʇıן uʍo ɹıǝɥʇ ǝʌɐɥ pןɹoʍ ǝɥʇ ɟo sʇɹɐd ʎuɐɯ ǝsnɐɔǝq sı ɥsıןƃuƎ ɹoɟ ǝǝʇʇıɯɯoɔ spɹɐpuɐʇs ou sı ǝɹǝɥʇ uosɐǝɹ ǝɥ⊥ ˙ǝƃɐnƃuɐן uʍo ɹıǝɥʇ ǝʇıɹʍ ɹo ʞɐǝds pןnoɥs ʎǝɥʇ ʍoɥ uo ǝןdoǝd ɥsıןƃuƎ ʇɔǝɹɹoɔ oʇ ƃuıʎɹʇ sʎɐʍןɐ ǝɹɐ ǝןdoǝd ɥsıןƃuƎ-uou ʇɐɥʇ snoıɹɐןıɥ ʇı puıɟ sʎɐʍןɐ I ˙ǝuo pǝʇɐɔnpǝun ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ɟo ǝsnɐɔǝq ʇı puɐʇsɹǝpun ʇ,uɐɔ noʎ ɟI ¡ʇxǝʇ ǝןoɥʍ ǝɥʇ uı s,ı ǝsɐɔ-ɹǝʍoן uǝ⊥ ˙*uǝʇ* sɐɥ ǝןɔıʇɹɐ ǝɹıʇuǝ ǝɥʇ 'uǝʌǝs ʇou 's,ı ǝsɐɔ-ɹǝʍoן *ǝʌıɟ* sɐɥ ɥdɐɹƃɐɹɐd ʎɹoʇɔnpoɹʇuı ǝɥ⊥ |
August 30, 2014 Re: Blog post on hidden treasure in the D standard library. | ||||
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Posted in reply to Gary Willoughby | On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 07:59:16 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: > > Stop being such a grammar nazi. > I didn't bring it up because I felt like being pedantic, I brought it up as a suggestion to make it more pleasant to read. Since you've already been labelled as a pedant, perhaps you should learn the difference between pedantry and Nazism. On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 09:38:29 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: > > ˙ǝuo pǝʇɐɔnpǝun ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ɟo ǝsnɐɔǝq ʇı puɐʇsɹǝpun ʇ,uɐɔ noʎ ɟI ¡ʇxǝʇ ǝןoɥʍ ǝɥʇ uı s,ı ǝsɐɔ-ɹǝʍoן uǝ⊥ ˙*uǝʇ* sɐɥ ǝןɔıʇɹɐ ǝɹıʇuǝ ǝɥʇ 'uǝʌǝs ʇou 's,ı ǝsɐɔ-ɹǝʍoן *ǝʌıɟ* sɐɥ ɥdɐɹƃɐɹɐd ʎɹoʇɔnpoɹʇuı ǝɥ⊥ Firstly: > I’ve been using D for a number of years and i 1 > am constantly surprised by the hidden treasure i 2 > find in the standard library. I guess the reason for my surprise is that i’ve 3 > never exhaustively read the entire library documentation, i 4 > only skim it for what’s needed at any given time. I’ve promised myself i 5 > will read it thoroughly one day but until then i’ll 6 > enjoy these little discoveries. This article highlights a few of these hidden treasures which i 7 Secondly, as I've already stated, it's not a matter of it being incomprehensible. > ˙ǝןdɯıs 'ǝʇıɹʍ ı ƃuıɥʇʎuɐ pɐǝɹ ʇ,uop 'ʇı ǝʞıן ʇ,uop noʎ ɟI In that case, don't complain when the opinions you've written are dismissed. > uoıʇɐnʇɔund ou puɐ ʎןuo ǝsɐɔ-ɹǝʍoן uı uo ʍou ɯoɹɟ ƃuıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ ƃuıʇıɹʍ ʇɹɐʇs ʇɥƃıɯ ı The second coming of e e cummings! |
August 30, 2014 Re: Blog post on hidden treasure in the D standard library. | ||||
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Posted in reply to ketmar | On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 06:00:31 UTC, ketmar via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
> On Fri, 29 Aug 2014 17:13:23 +0000
> krzaq via Digitalmars-d-announce <digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com>
> wrote:
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>> Negligence to do so is, to me, either extreme laziness or lack of respect to the reader.
> neither, in fact. i believe that those rules are useless and senseless
> now, so it's more like a "one man crusade". i know that virtually
> nobody will join me in my fight, but it's not enough to stop me. ;-)
i will join you in your fight. i do not use upper case letters when writing both in english and turkish. i find these rules utterly useless as well.
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