On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 13:55:11 UTC, Namespace wrote:

> American beer or real beer?

I said beer. This should answer your question.

On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 14:31:48 UTC, Chris wrote:
> On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 13:55:11 UTC, Namespace wrote:
>
>> American beer or real beer?
>
> I said beer. This should answer your question.

Right answer. Are you German?

On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 14:35:59 UTC, Namespace wrote:
> On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 14:31:48 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 13:55:11 UTC, Namespace wrote:
>>
>>> American beer or real beer?
>>
>> I said beer. This should answer your question.
>
> Right answer. Are you German?

In fairness, there is some really good stuff being brewed in the U.S. Sierra Nevada for example (http://www.sierranevada.com/), and there are some nice micro-breweries that produce quality stuff that is as good as any of the better German, British, Irish or Belgian beers/ales.

On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 08:38:05 UTC, Namespace wrote:
> http://consoleblog.me/posts/cocktails-for-programmers
>
> Any suggestions for D?

Without having looked at the link, I had a few ideas for different languages:

C: Straight vodka. It's a concrete base for many things. Does the job.


Fortran: Gin. Not as popular as it used to be. Many have moved to vodka.


C++: Earthquake or Concrete Mixer, I can't decide. Earthquake because it's an immensely powerful mix but also unsatisfying and will royally fuck you up. Concrete mixer because of the jarring clash between templates and normal code.


Python: Mojito. Little bit exotic, but very popular. Easy to do badly, but still ok even when you do.


Ruby: Pina Colada. Fruity. A good blend of flavours with a unified feel.


PHP: A badly made bloody mary. A complete mess.


JavaScript: Sambucca. Ok in small quantities, but for gods sake don't use it as base for anything.


Java: Light beer. You have to drink a lot to get anywhere, unsatisfying and falling out of fashion somewhat, but still hugely widespread.


D: A well stocked, well organised drinks cabinet, with a variety of automated mixing machines. Very few glasses, some of the bottles are actually almost empty (or off) and you can't find any tools. Has been known to rearrange critical sections of itself overnight. Lacks customers.


asm: chemistry set. You can definitely make cocktails with it, you just have to put in the work and concentrate :)

On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 15:18:19 UTC, John Colvin wrote:
> On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 08:38:05 UTC, Namespace wrote:
>> http://consoleblog.me/posts/cocktails-for-programmers
>>
>> Any suggestions for D?
>
> Without having looked at the link, I had a few ideas for different languages:
>
> C: Straight vodka. It's a concrete base for many things. Does the job.
>
>
> Fortran: Gin. Not as popular as it used to be. Many have moved to vodka.
>
>
> C++: Earthquake or Concrete Mixer, I can't decide. Earthquake because it's an immensely powerful mix but also unsatisfying and will royally fuck you up. Concrete mixer because of the jarring clash between templates and normal code.
>
>
> Python: Mojito. Little bit exotic, but very popular. Easy to do badly, but still ok even when you do.
>
>
> Ruby: Pina Colada. Fruity. A good blend of flavours with a unified feel.
>
>
> PHP: A badly made bloody mary. A complete mess.
>
>
> JavaScript: Sambucca. Ok in small quantities, but for gods sake don't use it as base for anything.
>
>
> Java: Light beer. You have to drink a lot to get anywhere, unsatisfying and falling out of fashion somewhat, but still hugely widespread.
>
>
> D: A well stocked, well organised drinks cabinet, with a variety of automated mixing machines. Very few glasses, some of the bottles are actually almost empty (or off) and you can't find any tools. Has been known to rearrange critical sections of itself overnight. Lacks customers.
>
>
> asm: chemistry set. You can definitely make cocktails with it, you just have to put in the work and concentrate :)

+1

On Wed, 18 Sep 2013 16:42:55 +0200
"Chris" <wendlec@tcd.ie> wrote:

> On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 14:35:59 UTC, Namespace wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 14:31:48 UTC, Chris wrote:
> >> On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 13:55:11 UTC, Namespace wrote:
> >>
> >>> American beer or real beer?
> >>
> >> I said beer. This should answer your question.
> >
> > Right answer. Are you German?
> 
> In fairness, there is some really good stuff being brewed in the U.S. Sierra Nevada for example (http://www.sierranevada.com/), and there are some nice micro-breweries that produce quality stuff that is as good as any of the better German, British, Irish or Belgian beers/ales.

Or Yuengling. Mainly German-style (although apparently Yuengling does use corn?), by a German immigrant and his descendants, made in Pennsylvania and Florida. Roughly the price of Budweiser Shitty Corn Beer, but actually worth drinking. There's certainly better "bier" out there, but not at that price point. Can only get it in a few states though, but luckily Ohio here was added a couple years ago :)

Personally though, I'm more rum or sake than beer. (And that's sah-kay,
not sah-kee.)

On 18 September 2013 23:53, Chris <wendlec@tcd.ie> wrote:

> On Wednesday, 18 September 2013 at 08:38:05 UTC, Namespace wrote:
>
>> http://consoleblog.me/posts/**cocktails-for-programmers<http://consoleblog.me/posts/cocktails-for-programmers>
>>
>> Any suggestions for D?
>>
>
> D-programmers don't drink cocktails. They drink beer!
>

Actually, judging by the efforts at dconf, I think it's safe to say D
programmer don't really drink much at all!
As a proud Australian, I wasn't too sure what to make of it ;)

On 2013-09-18 16:42, Chris wrote:

> In fairness, there is some really good stuff being brewed in the U.S.
> Sierra Nevada for example (http://www.sierranevada.com/), and there are
> some nice micro-breweries that produce quality stuff that is as good as
> any of the better German, British, Irish or Belgian beers/ales.

Samuel Adams, Brooklyn, Flying Dog to mention a few more.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

On 2013-09-18 18:02, Nick Sabalausky wrote:

> Personally though, I'm more rum or sake than beer. (And that's sah-kay,
> not sah-kee.)

Rum is very nice :)

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

On 2013-09-18 17:18, John Colvin wrote:

> C++: Earthquake or Concrete Mixer, I can't decide. Earthquake because
> it's an immensely powerful mix but also unsatisfying and will royally
> fuck you up. Concrete mixer because of the jarring clash between
> templates and normal code.

C++ would be a gas powered blender.

http://blog.daveg.ca/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/gas_powered_blender.jpg

> asm: chemistry set. You can definitely make cocktails with it, you just
> have to put in the work and concentrate :)

I would say:

You can definitely make cocktails with it, you just need to start by distilling to get the vodka.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg