On Wednesday, 1 April 2015 at 15:50:20 UTC, Dominikus Dittes Scherkl wrote:
> On Wednesday, 1 April 2015 at 15:42:31 UTC, ketmar wrote:
>> does this including IEEE floating point number description down to bits,
>> for example? as it's essentialy the same thing: requirement to read
>> external sources.
>>
>> i.e. it's good and all that, but where we should draw the line?
>
> At least a reference to another (concurrent!) language is not so good.
> D aims to replace C/C++, so it should not refer to its definitions.
>
> But ok, I've read the expressions chapter again, and most operators are described good enought. For some it is clear from the naming of the operands (AddExpression implies an arithmetic operation of addition/subtraction) but it is not realy explicitly expressed.

A table in the wiki with a one-line description and example each would be a nice idea, for a start.

On Wed, 01 Apr 2015 15:50:19 +0000, Dominikus Dittes Scherkl wrote:

> At least a reference to another (concurrent!) language is not so good.

why, C/C++ aren't a rivals. it's like telling that mongolfier (C/C++) is a rival to jet airplane (D).