Just got back. I can sum up in one word - Wow! I sure did have a good time. There was a large cross section of who's who in C++ there teaching seminars that I got to talk to, including Bjarne Stroustrup, Scott Meyers, Andrei Alexandrescu, Bruce Eckel, Chuck Allison, Ken Puch, Dan Saks, Herb Sutter, Bill Venners, Allen Holub, Richard Hale Shaw, and Leor Zolman.

I presented a tutorial on D, and was rewarded with a packed SRO house. I think many of the attendees were surprised at the level of interest in D! Lots of insightful questions got asked during the tutorial, which means that D is readilly understandable by anyone with a good grasp of C++ (or that the people attending were really smart, which I think is also true).

The tutorial was preceded and succeeded by many bull sessions with various people talking about D's potential and ideas for it. The language clearly has struck a responsive chord in the C++ community, we're on the right track and so it's full speed ahead!

I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in (I was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint <g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

But it's good to be back, and my inbox is filled with the usual email, spam and viruses <g>.

-Walter

Well done!

Phill.

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:c3dafh$24f6$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Just got back. I can sum up in one word - Wow! I sure did have a good
time.
> There was a large cross section of who's who in C++ there teaching
seminars
> that I got to talk to, including Bjarne Stroustrup, Scott Meyers, Andrei Alexandrescu, Bruce Eckel, Chuck Allison, Ken Puch, Dan Saks, Herb Sutter, Bill Venners, Allen Holub, Richard Hale Shaw, and Leor Zolman.
>
> I presented a tutorial on D, and was rewarded with a packed SRO house. I think many of the attendees were surprised at the level of interest in D! Lots of insightful questions got asked during the tutorial, which means
that
> D is readilly understandable by anyone with a good grasp of C++ (or that
the
> people attending were really smart, which I think is also true).
>
> The tutorial was preceded and succeeded by many bull sessions with various people talking about D's potential and ideas for it. The language clearly has struck a responsive chord in the C++ community, we're on the right
track
> and so it's full speed ahead!
>
> I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in (I was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint <g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)
>
> But it's good to be back, and my inbox is filled with the usual email,
spam
> and viruses <g>.
>
> -Walter
>
>

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:09:41 -0800, Walter wrote:

> Just got back. I can sum up in one word - Wow!

I thought I had nothing to say but I do:

congratulations!

Ant

You've made a big splash with the C++ notables. They're all raving about it, especially Leor Zolman, who has now made an STLFilt for DMC++, I understand

"Walter" <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:c3dafh$24f6$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Just got back. I can sum up in one word - Wow! I sure did have a good
time.
> There was a large cross section of who's who in C++ there teaching
seminars
> that I got to talk to, including Bjarne Stroustrup, Scott Meyers, Andrei Alexandrescu, Bruce Eckel, Chuck Allison, Ken Puch, Dan Saks, Herb Sutter, Bill Venners, Allen Holub, Richard Hale Shaw, and Leor Zolman.
>
> I presented a tutorial on D, and was rewarded with a packed SRO house. I think many of the attendees were surprised at the level of interest in D! Lots of insightful questions got asked during the tutorial, which means
that
> D is readilly understandable by anyone with a good grasp of C++ (or that
the
> people attending were really smart, which I think is also true).
>
> The tutorial was preceded and succeeded by many bull sessions with various people talking about D's potential and ideas for it. The language clearly has struck a responsive chord in the C++ community, we're on the right
track
> and so it's full speed ahead!
>
> I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in (I was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint <g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)
>
> But it's good to be back, and my inbox is filled with the usual email,
spam
> and viruses <g>.
>
> -Walter
>
>

"Matthew" <matthew@stlsoft.org> wrote in message news:c3eebs$11d5$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> You've made a big splash with the C++ notables. They're all raving about
it,
> especially Leor Zolman, who has now made an STLFilt for DMC++, I
understand

I couldn't have asked for a better reception than I got at sdwest.

In article <c3dafh$24f6$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
>
>I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in (I was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint <g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)
you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see them in
their original form

tangent:
You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would buy it
in a second

"Mark T" <Mark_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:c3fhq6$2tnv$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> In article <c3dafh$24f6$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
> >
> >I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in
(I
> >was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint <g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)
>
> Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)

There were a bunch of jokes about that.

> you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see them
in
> their original form

Anyone else prefer scans to text?

> tangent:
> You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would
buy it
> in a second

Hear that, Matthew? <g>

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:48:41 -0800, Walter <walter@digitalmars.com> wrote:

>
> "Mark T" <Mark_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message
> news:c3fhq6$2tnv$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>> In article <c3dafh$24f6$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
>> >
>> >I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in
> (I
>> >was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of 
>> powerpoint
>> ><g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
>> >better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)
>>
>> Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)
>
> There were a bunch of jokes about that.
>
>> you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see them
> in
>> their original form
>
> Anyone else prefer scans to text?

I wouldn't mind catching a glimps of the viewfoils: just to get the "feel" of what we missed out on. I do believe, however, that there was alot more info was passed than could have been expressed with the viewfoils alone. I think some of that will make it into the translation, so I'll opt for the text.

>> tangent:
>> You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would
> buy it
>> in a second
>
> Hear that, Matthew? <g>
>
>



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Walter wrote:
>>>I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in
> 
> (I
> 
>>>was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint
>>><g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
>>>better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

Well, Seeing what happened on conferences I went to years ago I probably would have done the same thing...
On the otherside... I would refuse to use Power Point as much as I refuse to use Outlook (Express) ;-)

>>Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)
> 
> There were a bunch of jokes about that.
> 
>>you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see them
> 
> in
> 
>>their original form
> 
> 
> Anyone else prefer scans to text?

Yes! I definitely would like to see copy's of the originals in a PDF. Do you have a PDF writer?

>>tangent:
>>You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would
> 
> buy it
> 
>>in a second
> 
> Hear that, Matthew? <g>


-- 
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But as for me and my household, we shall use Mozilla... www.mozilla.org

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 19:31:18 +0000 (UTC), Mark T <Mark_member@pathlink.com> wrote:

> tangent:
> You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would buy it
> in a second

I've been asking for this so long, I would probably mug the publisher to get a hold of it.