Walter's annoying habits

[John Reimer]

On Sat, 23 Dec 2006 02:25:04 -0800, Andrei Alexandrescu (See Website For  
Email) <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> John Reimer wrote:
>> I don't disagree with what you say here.  It's just that I found your  
>> one-liner in the previous post rather cheap ("no one put a gun to yer  
>> head"), and perhaps lacking background on D community drama.  Your post  
>> above elucidates your thoughts more fully, so I can appreciate that  
>> contribution better.
>
> "Nobody put a gun to yer head" is a memorable quote from George  
> Costanza. He was playing a bad boy in an attempt to seduce Elaine's  
> coworker :o).


I assumed it was something of the sort. :)


> Thanks for the info. I guess it's hard to change the current state of  
> affairs. Language design is quite a different kind of project, in which  
> the undilluted vision of one person (or a very small core of people) is  
> essential.
>


Yes, that's the kind of statement that will hold the masses forever hostage
...until we become language designers ourselves. ;D

-JJR