MiniD 2 - Might as well be done

[Jarrett Billingsley]

On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 1:06 AM, BLS<windevguy at hotmail.de> wrote:
> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Jun 16, 2009 at 6:39 PM, BLS<windevguy at 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.