DConf 2013 Day 1 Talk 4: Writing Testable Code in D by Ben Gertzfield

[Nick Sabalausky]

On Wed, 15 May 2013 15:08:34 -0400
Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 5/15/13 1:35 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> > On 5/15/2013 3:25 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> >> Watch, discuss, vote! As discussed you may want to use reddit for
> >> discussing
> >> this talk for a larger audience and impact.
> >>
> >> http://goo.gl/VnDVi
> >
> > http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/1edih2/dconf_2013_day_1_talk_4_writing_testable_code_in/
> >
> 
> One can only assume you didn't click that short URL... :o)
> 

The problem with short URLs is that they're completely opaque: you have
no idea where they go. Ex: I didn't know if it was for the reddit,
youtube, or the DConf page. Besides, hyperlinking and copy/paste tend to
obviate any benefit of shortened URLs. "goo.gl" and such are extremely
useful if you're giving someone a URL over the phone, but aside from
that, I've never seen much of a point.

Obviously I'm not saying "How dare you use a short URL, jerk!" ;)
I'm just sayin', FWIW.