It's time to make a list of Walter's habits that continually annoy us. Here are some of my peeves, to start it off:


1. Dodging issues, including important ones such as

http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D.bugs&article_id=9360
http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D&article_id=41553

(Why is webnews showing only two messages from this in the thread view, even when viewing the message?)

2. Denying responsibility for his
own slip-ups.  For example, marking what's left of

http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=327

INVALID despite this being due to an obvious mistake he made while updating the spec, as well as violating the design of D.  No doubt there are other instances, but I can't seem to think of them at the moment.


3. Otherwise hitting the INVALID 'button' without properly analysing things, meaning that it becomes necessary to reopen.


4. Implementing his own ideas but keeping even constructive criticism - let alone implementation - of other people's ideas to a minimum.


5. Implementing new features when he should be concentrating on getting things working properly.


6. Postponing indefinitely, for no apparent reason, folding in fixes people have gone to all the trouble to write.


7. Not using a spellchecker.


8. Apparently never learning from the spelling corrections we keep giving him.

(Please forgive me if you _have_ since heeded the advice in
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=631
)


More contributions to this list would be more than welcome!

Stewart.

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> It's time to make a list of Walter's habits that continually annoy us. Here are some of my peeves, to start it off:
[snip]
> More contributions to this list would be more than welcome!

Is this jesting? I'm lacking the appropriate background. Either way, let me add:

9. Putting up with people who behave as if they paid for his product

and leave it as a joke if the other post was one, and as not a joke otherwise :o).


Andrei

Not being perfect?

Not catering to everyone's wishes but instead caring more about the greater good of the product?

Wishing to avoid bloat?

Not being eighty people?

...

-[Unknown]


> It's time to make a list of Walter's habits that continually annoy us. Here are some of my peeves, to start it off:
> 
> 
> 1. Dodging issues, including important ones such as
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D.bugs&article_id=9360 
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/webnews/newsgroups.php?art_group=digitalmars.D&article_id=41553 
> 
> 
> (Why is webnews showing only two messages from this in the thread view, even when viewing the message?)
> 
> 2. Denying responsibility for his
> own slip-ups.  For example, marking what's left of
> 
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=327
> 
> INVALID despite this being due to an obvious mistake he made while updating the spec, as well as violating the design of D.  No doubt there are other instances, but I can't seem to think of them at the moment.
> 
> 
> 3. Otherwise hitting the INVALID 'button' without properly analysing things, meaning that it becomes necessary to reopen.
> 
> 
> 4. Implementing his own ideas but keeping even constructive criticism - let alone implementation - of other people's ideas to a minimum.
> 
> 
> 5. Implementing new features when he should be concentrating on getting things working properly.
> 
> 
> 6. Postponing indefinitely, for no apparent reason, folding in fixes people have gone to all the trouble to write.
> 
> 
> 7. Not using a spellchecker.
> 
> 
> 8. Apparently never learning from the spelling corrections we keep giving him.
> 
> (Please forgive me if you _have_ since heeded the advice in
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=631
> )
> 
> 
> More contributions to this list would be more than welcome!
> 
> Stewart.

Stewart! Your abilities obviously supersede those of Walters; therefore, it strikes me as a complete waste of valuable resources to lurk in the shadows of Walter while depriving the computer society of your vastly superior intellect and ingenuity!

You have got to be kidding me! You act as though the man owes you something, but contrary to your misguided beliefs, he most certainly does not. I would suggest that if you can do better, as you have demonstrated on so many occasions, then waste no more time here and embark immediately to doing just that.

You make me sick!

Andrew Edwards

You know the difference between you and Walter?

You fail.

Walter does not.

Period.

Alex.

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> It's time to make a list of Walter's habits that continually annoy us. 

Mutiny???

A mere 360 hours before D 1.0!!!!

I choose to think you are joking.

Stewart make mistake possible,but help our keep improving D. If the habits exists,correction it,else encourage everybody.

Last, More contributions to this list would be more than welcome!

ideage

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> It's time to make a list of Walter's habits that continually annoy us. 

For the most part, Bilbo Baggins. I can't think of a more annoying hobbit of Walter's !


--
Tomasz Stachowiak

I don't know what you are trying to proof. But concerning Walter you've proven nothing. I don't even know whether there is at least some truth in statements. And I won't bother reading them, the title sets the tone.

If this were a joke, April 1st is a long way off. You've proven to have a terrible sense of humor.

If this is serious, could you please give me your father's phone number. You really deserve a whipping.

Roel

Stewart Gordon wrote:
> It's time to make a list of Walter's habits that continually annoy us.

Stewart,

I look forward to using your uber-perfect, properly-spelled, on-time, under-budget, please-everyone programming language.  You can call it E.

But for crissakes, it's been twenty seconds since I've typed the above paragraph.  Where the hell is it?  And why did you do X on the Y thingie? Pfft.  You call yourself a language designer?  Where is your docs site, and why is it incomplete?  Haven't cloned yourself yet?  C'mon, I don't have all day...

BA