On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:31 AM, Robert Clipsham<robert@octarineparrot.com> wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>
>> Any questions, just ask, please!
>
> Congrats on finally making a release! The only question I have really, is do you plan on making some release binaries/libraries? You mentioned about the tool chain being difficult to use, it might be nice if there were some premade binaries/libraries people could use to play with mdcl/minid.
>

That's a very good idea.  :)

http://svn.dsource.org/projects/minid/trunk/mdcl.zip

It contains binaries for both Windows and Linux (32-bit).

Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are excellent.
In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty + Humor. (well,... maybe C++ in 21 days was already a joke) but nevertheless Jesse's book was a kind of eye opener to me simply because it shows that is IS possible to explain difficult stuff in a smart way.
 So why not JB on D...?
In case of doubt : I am willing to send you a bottle of fine Cognac to give the book a very first go. (not kidding)

However, guess like anybody else, I just can say: Thanks for this interesting new language.
Björn

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:39:01 +0200, BLS wrote:

> Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are
> excellent.
> In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty +
> Humor. (well,... maybe C++ in 21 days was already a joke) but
> nevertheless Jesse's book was a kind of eye opener to me simply because
> it shows that is IS possible to explain difficult stuff in a smart way.
>   So why not JB on D...?
> In case of doubt : I am willing to send you a bottle of fine Cognac to
> give the book a very first go. (not kidding)
> 
> However, guess like anybody else, I just can say: Thanks for this
> interesting new language.
> Björn

I agree in regards to both Jarrett having good documentation on MiniD and Jesse Liberty being a good author leading to the conclusion that Jarrett should write a book on D.

While I have yet to use MiniD, the language looks very impressive and complete. Good work Jarrett.

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Jesse Phillips<jessekphillips@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:39:01 +0200, BLS wrote:
>
>> Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are
>> excellent.
>> In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty +
>> Humor. (well,... maybe C++ in 21 days was already a joke) but
>> nevertheless Jesse's book was a kind of eye opener to me simply because
>> it shows that is IS possible to explain difficult stuff in a smart way.
>>   So why not JB on D...?
>> In case of doubt : I am willing to send you a bottle of fine Cognac to
>> give the book a very first go. (not kidding)
>>
>> However, guess like anybody else, I just can say: Thanks for this
>> interesting new language.
>> Björn
>
> I agree in regards to both Jarrett having good documentation on MiniD and Jesse Liberty being a good author leading to the conclusion that Jarrett should write a book on D.
>
> While I have yet to use MiniD, the language looks very impressive and complete. Good work Jarrett.

Thanks.

On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, BLS<windevguy@hotmail.de> wrote:
> Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are excellent. In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty + Humor. (well,... maybe C++ in 21 days was already a joke) but nevertheless Jesse's book was a kind of eye opener to me simply because it shows that is IS possible to explain difficult stuff in a smart way.

It's funny you mention Jesse Liberty's C++ in 21 days.  Guess what was the first programming book I ever read?  ;)  Maybe it influenced me?

>  So why not JB on D...?
> In case of doubt : I am willing to send you a bottle of fine Cognac to give
> the book a very first go. (not kidding)

It'd certainly be an interesting proposition.  I also don't know if writing a book on D _now_ is the best idea.  If it were based on D1, it might just be obsolete in two or three years.  If it were based on D2, well, Andrei has a much better idea of where it's going than I do, and I also doubt Phobos2 has seen the last major changes.  But maybe in a bit, when things settle down.  I can see a D2-Phobos2 based book next year-ish being much more solid.

> However, guess like anybody else, I just can say: Thanks for this interesting new language.

Sure!

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 10:54 PM, Jesse
> Phillips<jessekphillips@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:39:01 +0200, BLS wrote:
>>
>>> Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are
>>> excellent.
>>> In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty +
>>> Humor. (well,... maybe C++ in 21 days was already a joke) but
>>> nevertheless Jesse's book was a kind of eye opener to me simply because
>>> it shows that is IS possible to explain difficult stuff in a smart way.
>>>   So why not JB on D...?
>>> In case of doubt : I am willing to send you a bottle of fine Cognac to
>>> give the book a very first go. (not kidding)
>>>
>>> However, guess like anybody else, I just can say: Thanks for this
>>> interesting new language.
>>> Björn
>> I agree in regards to both Jarrett having good documentation on MiniD and
>> Jesse Liberty being a good author leading to the conclusion that Jarrett
>> should write a book on D.
>>
>> While I have yet to use MiniD, the language looks very impressive and
>> complete. Good work Jarrett.
> 
> Thanks.

Der Worte sind genug gewechselt...

(copy paste and google J.)

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, BLS<windevguy@hotmail.de> wrote:
>> Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are excellent.
>> In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty + Humor.
>> (well,... maybe C++ in 21 days was already a joke) but nevertheless Jesse's
>> book was a kind of eye opener to me simply because it shows that is IS
>> possible to explain difficult stuff in a smart way.
> 
> It's funny you mention Jesse Liberty's C++ in 21 days.  Guess what was
> the first programming book I ever read?  ;)  Maybe it influenced me?


I would bet on it.
NO  You are kidding me.


> 
>>  So why not JB on D...?
>> In case of doubt : I am willing to send you a bottle of fine Cognac to give
>> the book a very first go. (not kidding)
> 
> It'd certainly be an interesting proposition.  I also don't know if
> writing a book on D _now_ is the best idea.  If it were based on D1,
> it might just be obsolete in two or three years.  If it were based on
> D2, well, Andrei has a much better idea of where it's going than I do,
> and I also doubt Phobos2 has seen the last major changes.  But maybe
> in a bit, when things settle down.  I can see a D2-Phobos2 based book
> next year-ish being much more solid.


Well the Cognac can wait and becomes better, not that sure about you...  :) However, a promise is a promise. Just marked one with Jarret. (Hint for me ' don't touch)

> 
>> However, guess like anybody else, I just can say: Thanks for this
>> interesting new language.
> 
> Sure!

No seriously.

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:06 AM, BLS<windevguy@hotmail.de> wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, BLS<windevguy@hotmail.de> wrote:
>>>
>>> Why not writing a book about D, Jarrett ? The MiniD documents are
>>> excellent.
>>> In fact you, respective what you write, reminds me to Jesse Liberty +
>>> Humor.
>>> (well,... maybe C++ in 21 days was already a joke) but nevertheless
>>> Jesse's
>>> book was a kind of eye opener to me simply because it shows that is IS
>>> possible to explain difficult stuff in a smart way.
>>
>> It's funny you mention Jesse Liberty's C++ in 21 days.  Guess what was the first programming book I ever read?  ;)  Maybe it influenced me?
>
>
> I would bet on it.
> NO  You are kidding me.

Ha!  No, I'm serious.  :)

>>>  So why not JB on D...?
>>> In case of doubt : I am willing to send you a bottle of fine Cognac to
>>> give
>>> the book a very first go. (not kidding)
>>
>> It'd certainly be an interesting proposition.  I also don't know if writing a book on D _now_ is the best idea.  If it were based on D1, it might just be obsolete in two or three years.  If it were based on D2, well, Andrei has a much better idea of where it's going than I do, and I also doubt Phobos2 has seen the last major changes.  But maybe in a bit, when things settle down.  I can see a D2-Phobos2 based book next year-ish being much more solid.
>
>
> Well the Cognac can wait and becomes better, not that sure about you...  :) However, a promise is a promise. Just marked one with Jarret. (Hint for me ' don't touch)

:D

>>> However, guess like anybody else, I just can say: Thanks for this interesting new language.
>>
>> Sure!
>
> No seriously.

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:31:33 +0300, Jarrett Billingsley <jarrett.billingsley@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm bad at meeting deadlines.  Partly because I mismanage my time, but
> a large part of it is also because being a perfectionist, I never know
> when to _stop working on something_.  After nearly two years in
> development, I think I'm ready to call MiniD 2 "gold."

Thank-you-very-much for this superb program/language! :)

On Sat, Jun 20, 2009 at 1:48 AM, Kristian Kilpi<kjkilpi@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 02:31:33 +0300, Jarrett Billingsley <jarrett.billingsley@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm bad at meeting deadlines.  Partly because I mismanage my time, but a large part of it is also because being a perfectionist, I never know when to _stop working on something_.  After nearly two years in development, I think I'm ready to call MiniD 2 "gold."
>
> Thank-you-very-much for this superb program/language! :)

Thanks for having a look at it!