Walter, Mike, and I are happy to announce that our paper submission "Origins of the D Programming Language" has been accepted at the HOPL IV (History of Programming Languages) conference.

https://hopl4.sigplan.org/track/hopl-4-papers

Getting a HOPL paper in is quite difficult, and an important milestone for the D language. We'd like to thank the D community which was instrumental in putting the D language on the map.

The HOPL IV conference will take place in London right before DConf. With regard to travel, right now Covid-19 fears are on everybody's mind; however, we are hopeful that between now and then the situation will improve.

On Saturday, 29 February 2020 at 01:00:40 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Walter, Mike, and I are happy to announce that our paper submission "Origins of the D Programming Language" has been accepted at the HOPL IV (History of Programming Languages) conference.
>
> https://hopl4.sigplan.org/track/hopl-4-papers
>
> Getting a HOPL paper in is quite difficult, and an important milestone for the D language. We'd like to thank the D community which was instrumental in putting the D language on the map.
>
> The HOPL IV conference will take place in London right before DConf. With regard to travel, right now Covid-19 fears are on everybody's mind; however, we are hopeful that between now and then the situation will improve.

Congrats! Indeed a meaningful accomplishment.

On Saturday, 29 February 2020 at 01:00:40 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Walter, Mike, and I are happy to announce that our paper submission "Origins of the D Programming Language" has been accepted at the HOPL IV (History of Programming Languages) conference.
>
> https://hopl4.sigplan.org/track/hopl-4-papers
>
> Getting a HOPL paper in is quite difficult, and an important milestone for the D language. We'd like to thank the D community which was instrumental in putting the D language on the map.
>
> The HOPL IV conference will take place in London right before DConf. With regard to travel, right now Covid-19 fears are on everybody's mind; however, we are hopeful that between now and then the situation will improve.

That's great. Congratulations to the three of you and thanks for all the hard work on this.

On Saturday, 29 February 2020 at 01:00:40 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Walter, Mike, and I are happy to announce that our paper submission "Origins of the D Programming Language" has been accepted at the HOPL IV (History of Programming Languages) conference.

"Origins of the D Programming Language" - a good title for the movie of the year ;)

> Getting a HOPL paper in is quite difficult, and an important milestone for the D language. We'd like to thank the D community which was instrumental in putting the D language on the map.

Big thanks to all involved. And of course to you, Andrei. Good luck!


Cheers,
Piotrek

On 2/28/2020 5:00 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Walter, Mike, and I are happy to announce that our paper submission "Origins of the D Programming Language" has been accepted at the HOPL IV (History of Programming Languages) conference.
> 
> https://hopl4.sigplan.org/track/hopl-4-papers
> 
> Getting a HOPL paper in is quite difficult, and an important milestone for the D language. We'd like to thank the D community which was instrumental in putting the D language on the map.
> 
> The HOPL IV conference will take place in London right before DConf. With regard to travel, right now Covid-19 fears are on everybody's mind; however, we are hopeful that between now and then the situation will improve.

What was interesting was we had to go though all the changelogs, emails, and n.g. postings to pin down dates, motivations, and justifications. A bit of what happened didn't happen quite the way I remember it! :-) This is pretty common, something to think about if you're ever a juror and hearing eyewitness testimony on things that happened 10-20 years ago.

On Saturday, 29 February 2020 at 01:00:40 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Walter, Mike, and I are happy to announce that our paper submission "Origins of the D Programming Language" has been accepted at the HOPL IV (History of Programming Languages) conference.
>
> https://hopl4.sigplan.org/track/hopl-4-papers
>
> Getting a HOPL paper in is quite difficult, and an important milestone for the D language. We'd like to thank the D community which was instrumental in putting the D language on the map.
>
> The HOPL IV conference will take place in London right before DConf. With regard to travel, right now Covid-19 fears are on everybody's mind; however, we are hopeful that between now and then the situation will improve.

Hi Mr. Andrei, I've searched the official website of HOPL but I didn't find the cost of the ticket to attend it. Do you know if there is a cost at all or if it's open to everyone?

On Monday, 2 March 2020 at 21:39:01 UTC, Murilo wrote:
> On Saturday, 29 February 2020 at 01:00:40 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> [...]
>
> Hi Mr. Andrei, I've searched the official website of HOPL but I didn't find the cost of the ticket to attend it. Do you know if there is a cost at all or if it's open to everyone?

It's not free. They'll announce the official price in 2 months should be around 600$.

Everyone who can afford it can attend.

On Tuesday, 3 March 2020 at 12:19:05 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:
> On Monday, 2 March 2020 at 21:39:01 UTC, Murilo wrote:
>> On Saturday, 29 February 2020 at 01:00:40 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> Hi Mr. Andrei, I've searched the official website of HOPL but I didn't find the cost of the ticket to attend it. Do you know if there is a cost at all or if it's open to everyone?
>
> It's not free. They'll announce the official price in 2 months should be around 600$.
>
> Everyone who can afford it can attend.

Thank you very much, but I think they'll announce it in 2 WEEKS and not 2 MONTHS.