In article <c6lvfr$1va4$1@digitaldaemon.com>,
Achilleas Margaritis, on the old D group, says...
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>I mean, where are the battles with C++ headers and implementation files ? with mutual dependencies ? insane compile times ? memory management, null pointers and crashes ? template magic to avoid name conflicts ? I already miss them...
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>:-) I am only joking, of course. D significantly reduces development time, to the point that it is ...almost boring!!!
>

One of the quotes from the recent slashdot was something like
"the C++ guys are laughing at you"
the D answer is of course
"He who gets laughs last laughs loudest"

Ant

Ant wrote:
> One of the quotes from the recent slashdot was something like
> "the C++ guys are laughing at you"
> the D answer is of course
> "He who gets laughs last laughs loudest"

Don't you mean "He who laughs last obviously didn't get the joke at first"?

 -- andy

In article <c6m12s$21qb$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Andy Friesen says...
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>Ant wrote:
>> One of the quotes from the recent slashdot was something like
>> "the C++ guys are laughing at you"
>> the D answer is of course
>> "He who gets laughs last laughs loudest"
>
>Don't you mean "He who laughs last obviously didn't get the joke at first"?
>

? no(???). Maybe that saying has a differente meaning
on English than the one I was used to on my old language... ???

So I don't understand if you are proposing a correction or
making another joke (???)... cultural differences...
Obviously I understand your phrase, just not some potencial hidden meaning.

???

Ant

Ant wrote:

> In article <c6m12s$21qb$1@digitaldaemon.com>, Andy Friesen says...
> 
>>Ant wrote:
>>
>>>One of the quotes from the recent slashdot was something like
>>>"the C++ guys are laughing at you"
>>>the D answer is of course
>>>"He who gets laughs last laughs loudest"
>>
>>Don't you mean "He who laughs last obviously didn't get the joke at first"?
> 
> ? no(???). Maybe that saying has a differente meaning
> on English than the one I was used to on my old language... ???
> 
> So I don't understand if you are proposing a correction or
> making another joke (???)... cultural differences...
> Obviously I understand your phrase, just not some potencial hidden meaning.

It's just another joke. ;)

 -- andy

>>I mean, where are the battles with C++ headers and implementation files ? with mutual dependencies ? insane compile times ? memory management, null pointers and crashes ? template magic to avoid name conflicts ? I already miss them...
>>
>>:-) I am only joking, of course. D significantly reduces development time, to the point that it is ...almost boring!!!

Not to mention your excuse for a long coffee break. An a chance to gigle with that gorgeous receptionist.

Vanh