https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/523hm3/til_the_d_language_has_a_voldemort_type/

On Saturday, 10 September 2016 at 20:39:39 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/523hm3/til_the_d_language_has_a_voldemort_type/

Boy oh boy, I just love in every D thread how we get the "my language can do this too" arguments followed by everyone showing how they're not the same thing.

Mostly we leave it to the C++ people to do that in reddit threads (followed by the C++ person posting some horrific macro and claiming victory), so it's nice to see the C# people get in on the action.

On 9/11/2016 3:11 AM, Jack Stouffer wrote:
> On Saturday, 10 September 2016 at 20:39:39 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/523hm3/til_the_d_language_has_a_voldemort_type/
>>
>
> Boy oh boy, I just love in every D thread how we get the "my language can do
> this too" arguments followed by everyone showing how they're not the same thing.
>
> Mostly we leave it to the C++ people to do that in reddit threads (followed by
> the C++ person posting some horrific macro and claiming victory), so it's nice
> to see the C# people get in on the action.

I just like a D post with 1166 upvotes! I think that's a record for us, but maybe one of Andrei's got more?

And I do love that we coined the name "Voldemort Type" that has now entered the lexicon of programming jargon!

On Sunday, 11 September 2016 at 11:31:55 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 9/11/2016 3:11 AM, Jack Stouffer wrote:
>> On Saturday, 10 September 2016 at 20:39:39 UTC, Walter Bright
> I just like a D post with 1166 upvotes! I think that's a record for us, but maybe one of Andrei's got more?
>
> And I do love that we coined the name "Voldemort Type" that has now entered the lexicon of programming jargon!

Curiously enough, almost the same post in 2012 only got 100 upvotes:

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/telhj/voldemort_types_in_d/

On Saturday, 10 September 2016 at 20:39:39 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/523hm3/til_the_d_language_has_a_voldemort_type/

then what is  a "Harry Potter" type ?

or (abhor!!!) a "Piton" type ? (not Python, I do not want to risk my neck mentioning Python here, eh eh )