On 30 January 2014 04:47, John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin@gmail.com>wrote:

> On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 at 02:53:14 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>
>> Don't forget - Friday night is the deadline for both DConf submissions and early registrations.
>>
>>
>> http://dconf.org
>>
>> It's safe to say we have a quorum already. Also, the proposals we got are solid. However, we are having fewer submissions, which is a bit of a letdown.
>>
>
> I think the high quality of the talks last time may have scared people off a little, thinking they aren't good enough!
>

I'll say, and I spoke last year! :P

On Wednesday, 29 January 2014 at 18:06:48 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote:
> On 01/28/2014 12:32 AM, Mengu wrote:
>
> > Just in case if anyone wants to speak but lacking ideas, here
> are some
> > for you:
> >
> > - You can talk about web development with D.
> > - You can talk about what are bindings and how to write C/C++
> bindings
> > with D.
> > - You can talk about functional programming with D. (A
> clojure/haskell
> > vs. D might help)
> > - You can talk about D vs. Rust vs. Go.
> > - You can talk about templates and ranges.
>
> Mengü, these are great ideas. I wonder what topic you are saving for yourself. ;)
>
> Ali

http://i.imgur.com/tpcI9zv.jpg :)

yes, master. i will talk about 'introduction to d for python, ruby programmers' in front of you, andrei, walter and many others who are (me^99). :-)

On 30 January 2014 04:17, Manu <turkeyman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 30 January 2014 04:47, John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 at 02:53:14 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>
>>> Don't forget - Friday night is the deadline for both DConf submissions and early registrations.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://dconf.org
>>>
>>> It's safe to say we have a quorum already. Also, the proposals we got are solid. However, we are having fewer submissions, which is a bit of a letdown.
>>
>>
>> I think the high quality of the talks last time may have scared people off a little, thinking they aren't good enough!
>
>
> I'll say, and I spoke last year! :P

Twice!

On 30 January 2014 19:07, Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org> wrote:

> On 30 January 2014 04:17, Manu <turkeyman@gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 30 January 2014 04:47, John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 at 02:53:14 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Don't forget - Friday night is the deadline for both DConf submissions and early registrations.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> http://dconf.org
> >>>
> >>> It's safe to say we have a quorum already. Also, the proposals we got
> are
> >>> solid. However, we are having fewer submissions, which is a bit of a letdown.
> >>
> >>
> >> I think the high quality of the talks last time may have scared people off a little, thinking they aren't good enough!
> >
> >
> > I'll say, and I spoke last year! :P
>
> Twice!
>

:P

And I definitely feel more intimidated now thinking about it (and watching
the replay) than last time ;)

On Thursday, 30 January 2014 at 08:57:24 UTC, Manu wrote:
> On 30 January 2014 19:07, Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw@gdcproject.org> wrote:
>
>> On 30 January 2014 04:17, Manu <turkeyman@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > On 30 January 2014 04:47, John Colvin <john.loughran.colvin@gmail.com>
>> > wrote:
>> >>
>> >> On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 at 02:53:14 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
>> >> wrote:
>> >>>
>> >>> Don't forget - Friday night is the deadline for both DConf submissions
>> >>> and early registrations.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> http://dconf.org
>> >>>
>> >>> It's safe to say we have a quorum already. Also, the proposals we got
>> are
>> >>> solid. However, we are having fewer submissions, which is a bit of a
>> >>> letdown.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> I think the high quality of the talks last time may have scared
>> >> people off a little, thinking they aren't good enough!
>> >
>> >
>> > I'll say, and I spoke last year! :P
>>
>> Twice!
>>
>
> :P
>
> And I definitely feel more intimidated now thinking about it (and watching
> the replay) than last time ;)

No way, you're two talks and all the others last year were great! IMO they were easily on par with the  C++ Going Native, C++ Beyond talks I've seen. Many of those are given by devs who present *a lot*.

I'd be really interested to hear a talk on optimising D code, especially one which dives down in the ASM. You'd be able to do that no worries...although I understand presenting is a lot of work. Or real-time gfx for games and how you'd approach it in D.

I'd also really like to hear a bit more about the compiler design, both back and front end but mainly back end. Going native last year had some really interesting talks by the VC compiler devs on the VC++ compiler back end and some of the optimisation tricks.

It's been said before but every day stuff for you guys isn't for others. I work in embedded code all day so hearing about code optimisation techniques, idiomatic D code and D compiler and language design is fantastic.

I cannot wait for DConf 2014 videos...I'd love to present, but too new to D. Maybe in a year or two :D

Cheers,
ed

On 1/30/2014 12:57 AM, Manu wrote:
> And I definitely feel more intimidated now thinking about it (and watching the
> replay) than last time ;)

Come on, Manu, listen to ed and do a submission!

On Thursday, 30 January 2014 at 10:26:14 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 1/30/2014 12:57 AM, Manu wrote:
>> And I definitely feel more intimidated now thinking about it (and watching the
>> replay) than last time ;)
>
> Come on, Manu, listen to ed and do a submission!

Also can Kenji Hara be presented with a bug fixing trophy or something this year? He is unstoppable:

http://forum.dlang.org/thread/ylgiwojqcghkruvtyebn@forum.dlang.org

On Thursday, 30 January 2014 at 10:26:14 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 1/30/2014 12:57 AM, Manu wrote:
>> And I definitely feel more intimidated now thinking about it (and watching the
>> replay) than last time ;)
>
> Come on, Manu, listen to ed and do a submission!

Will you be doing a technical talk this year?  You could have done that non-technical keynote last year in your sleep. ;) I think you should do a technical talk every year that goes over key developments in dmd or D that you felt were notable, including directions for future growth.

On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 at 02:53:14 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Don't forget - Friday night is the deadline for both DConf submissions and early registrations.
>
> http://dconf.org
>
> It's safe to say we have a quorum already. Also, the proposals we got are solid. However, we are having fewer submissions, which is a bit of a letdown.
>
> Keep in mind: DConf is literally created in every sense of the word by people in this forum. We're counting on our prominent participants to submit talk/panel proposals. If you're in doubt about your prominence, it's probably bigger than you think! Yes I'm talking about you! We also hope that most regulars on this forum will be able to attend. This is _the_ event to be at if you have an interest in D.
>
> Last but not least, 31 January is not the time to deliver your _entire_ material. All we need is the _idea_ and the _abstract_. You'll have months to finish your talk after the acceptance process.
>
> http://dconf.org
>
>
> Andrei

Off-topic, but I seem to recall that you mentioned allocators at the last DConf, and then there's been all that excellent work that you posted recently on untyped allocators, followed by a period of silence. I'm starting to get a sneaking suspicion that you're holding out on us in lieu of the coming DConf. Care to comment?

On Tuesday, 28 January 2014 at 02:53:14 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Don't forget - Friday night is the deadline for both DConf submissions and early registrations.
>
> http://dconf.org
>
> It's safe to say we have a quorum already. Also, the proposals we got are solid. However, we are having fewer submissions, which is a bit of a letdown.
>
> Keep in mind: DConf is literally created in every sense of the word by people in this forum. We're counting on our prominent participants to submit talk/panel proposals. If you're in doubt about your prominence, it's probably bigger than you think! Yes I'm talking about you! We also hope that most regulars on this forum will be able to attend. This is _the_ event to be at if you have an interest in D.
>
> Last but not least, 31 January is not the time to deliver your _entire_ material. All we need is the _idea_ and the _abstract_. You'll have months to finish your talk after the acceptance process.
>
> http://dconf.org
>
>
> Andrei

Can we get an update at Dconf about usage of D at Facebook please? I'm crossing my fingers for widespread adoption and work on tools, libraries, etc? *crosses fingers*

http://forum.dlang.org/thread/l37h5s$2gd8$1@digitalmars.com