bob wrote:
> soup2nuts Wrote:
> 
>> So are there any free ebooks out there for D or is this language still considered to be too new? And if there aren't what's a decent book to pick up, something the covers all the concepts fairly in depth?
> 
> 
> [link removed]

Again? I thought we just _did_ this!

Robert Fraser wrote:
> bob wrote:
>> soup2nuts Wrote:
>>
>>> So are there any free ebooks out there for D or is this language still considered to be too new? And if there aren't what's a decent book to pick up, something the covers all the concepts fairly in depth?
>>
>>
>> [link removed]
> 
> Again? I thought we just _did_ this!

I think bob must have missed the memo.

--bb

BCS wrote:
> Most of those, IIRC, have a free version and a for sale version and they provide tech support only on the for sale one. That not quite what I was thinking. I'm thinking, no for sale version at all.

If you want to donate to Digital Mars (!), you can buy the C++ compiler http://www.digitalmars.com/shop.html or pick up a t-shirt at http://www.digitalmars.com/gift/index.html (I like the coffee cup best myself).

Or when you buy something from Amazon, enter the Amazon site through one of the Digital Mars affiliate links at http://www.digitalmars.com/bibliography.html

It's not exactly a donation because you're getting fair value for your dollar, but it does help DM keep the carrion birds away.


> The company would just have a donations page, and an explicit statement that donations can effect the priority of fixing particular bugs and whatnot.

This is not workable, because people will then have an expectation that if they donate a dollar, you'll be working for them. Inevitable hurt feelings on both sides will result. It's much better to have an explicit consulting hourly rate.

On Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:46:43 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:


>> The company would just have a donations page, and an explicit statement that donations can effect the priority of fixing particular bugs and whatnot.
> 
> This is not workable, because people will then have an expectation that if they donate a dollar, you'll be working for them.

All people??? I donate to some businesses and I have NEVER expected that. Not everyone is as bad as you seem to assume.

-- 
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
skype: derek.j.parnell