http://www.research.microsoft.com/~toddpro/papers/disruptive.ppt

"Mark Evans" <Mark_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:b26d0s$2ido$1@digitaldaemon.com...
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> http://www.research.microsoft.com/~toddpro/papers/disruptive.ppt

It's in powerpoint format. Oh well.

google.com translates to images, and openoffice supports powerpoint. what are you complaining about?  why would microsoft NOT use their own product?  its not out of reach any more.

Walter wrote:
> "Mark Evans" <Mark_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message
> news:b26d0s$2ido$1@digitaldaemon.com...
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>>http://www.research.microsoft.com/~toddpro/papers/disruptive.ppt
> 
> 
> It's in powerpoint format. Oh well.
> 
> 

Explorer, which I use, won't display it. But google will, thanks for the tip. -Walter

"John Smith" <jphn@example.net> wrote in message news:b26ld0$2mj8$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> google.com translates to images, and openoffice supports powerpoint. what are you complaining about?  why would microsoft NOT use their own product?  its not out of reach any more.
>
> Walter wrote:
> > "Mark Evans" <Mark_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:b26d0s$2ido$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> >
> >>http://www.research.microsoft.com/~toddpro/papers/disruptive.ppt
> >
> >
> > It's in powerpoint format. Oh well.
> >
> >
>

There's a free viewer you can download anyway.

Sean

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:b26noh$2nti$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Explorer, which I use, won't display it. But google will, thanks for the tip. -Walter
>
> "John Smith" <jphn@example.net> wrote in message news:b26ld0$2mj8$2@digitaldaemon.com...
> > google.com translates to images, and openoffice supports powerpoint. what are you complaining about?  why would microsoft NOT use their own product?  its not out of reach any more.
> >
> > Walter wrote:
> > > "Mark Evans" <Mark_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:b26d0s$2ido$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > >
> > >>http://www.research.microsoft.com/~toddpro/papers/disruptive.ppt
> > >
> > >
> > > It's in powerpoint format. Oh well.

"Sean L. Palmer" <seanpalmer@directvinternet.com> wrote in message news:b27up8$cp2$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> There's a free viewer you can download anyway.

Got a url handy?

I have used this one and it worked with the presentation: http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Ppview97.aspx


"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:b28upb$11fc$2@digitaldaemon.com...
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> "Sean L. Palmer" <seanpalmer@directvinternet.com> wrote in message news:b27up8$cp2$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> > There's a free viewer you can download anyway.
>
> Got a url handy?
>

Ah, that was the ticket! It works fine. -Walter

"Peter Hercek" <vvp@no.post.spam.sk> wrote in message news:b29j1u$4i0$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I have used this one and it worked with the presentation: http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/2000/Ppview97.aspx

The free OpenOffice.org suite can import/export PowerPoint, as it can all other MS Office formats.  I just viewed this particular file with no problems.

There is also a free PowerPoint Viewer from Microsoft.com.

This slide show is important for D in that it offers a more balanced perspective on the performance issue than what I've seen here at DM.

Mark

"Mark Evans" <Mark_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:b2hk40$4uo$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> This slide show is important for D in that it offers a more balanced
perspective
> on the performance issue than what I've seen here at DM.

True. D is designed to be a language that potentially can be much better optimized than the equivalent C code. Already, D does better on the dhrystone benchmark than C because of this. But the current compiler has only scratched the surface of the possible performance improvements.

The first goal is to get the right semantics, and then implement a correct compiler.