On 2/18/2017 11:50 PM, ketmar wrote:
>> I'm curious what problem this solves that other nntp clients do not.
> it perfectly fits my needs. i usually see little reason to "adapt" myself to
> something if i can write my own thingy. besides, writing code is fun.

Haha, I understand perfectly. My problem is there aren't enough hours in the day to write my own versions of everything I use, so I settled for designing a language and a compiler for it :-)

On Sunday, 19 February 2017 at 12:12:07 UTC, timmyjose wrote:
> I do love C++11 and newer, but I'd rather not use it for any new projects barring some weekend projects of my own. The type system is horrendously outdated. If they could make a clean break and make C++11 the basis, improve error checking, bounds-checking, and warning messages, and get rid of the C legacy (of course, that's never going to happen), it would make for a fine language.
>
That language exists, it's called D. ;-)

Walter Bright wrote:
> On 2/18/2017 11:50 PM, ketmar wrote:
>>> I'm curious what problem this solves that other nntp clients do not.
>> it perfectly fits my needs. i usually see little reason to "adapt" myself to
>> something if i can write my own thingy. besides, writing code is fun.
> Haha, I understand perfectly. My problem is there aren't enough hours in the day to write my own versions of everything I use,
yeah, the time is the greatest problem! ;-)

> so I settled for designing a language and a compiler for it :-)
and freed me from doing the same. thanks for that, i have too many things to rewrite! ;-)

On 2/19/2017 6:17 PM, ketmar wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Haha, I understand perfectly. My problem is there aren't enough hours in the
>> day to write my own versions of everything I use,
> yeah, the time is the greatest problem! ;-)
>
>> so I settled for designing a language and a compiler for it :-)
> and freed me from doing the same. thanks for that, i have too many things to
> rewrite! ;-)

I translated my editor to D. It'll give ya a head start!

https://github.com/DigitalMars/med

Walter Bright wrote:
> On 2/19/2017 6:17 PM, ketmar wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Haha, I understand perfectly. My problem is there aren't enough hours in the
>>> day to write my own versions of everything I use,
>> yeah, the time is the greatest problem! ;-)
>> 
>>> so I settled for designing a language and a compiler for it :-)
>> and freed me from doing the same. thanks for that, i have too many things to
>> rewrite! ;-)
> I translated my editor to D. It'll give ya a head start!
> https://github.com/DigitalMars/med

tnx. yet i already wrote the editor. actually, gapbuffer editor engine that can be reused whenever i need an editor, with undo/redo, syntax highlighting, and so on. i just have to write text rendering routines, and voila: the editor is here! ;-) i needed it for my various attemts of UI toolkits.

but i've seen your editor too. it is better than mine 'cause it is smaller and easier. ;-)