Phango

Alix Pexton _a_l_i_x_._p_e_x_t_o_n_ at _g_m_a_i_l_._c_o_m_
Sun Nov 18 03:34:21 PST 2007


Kris wrote:
> "renoX" <renosky at free.fr> wrote in message 
> news:fhnr42$1ego$1 at digitalmars.com...
> 
>> Easy: when in Romes do like Romans i.e. coherency beats 'invent your own 
>> style' any time of the day, otherwise big projects looks ugly.
>>
>> So Tango should really follow convention used by Walter in Phobos.
>>
>> Not following this simple rule looks 'amateurish' from Tango's guys, sorry 
>> for the harsh word but that's my view.
> 
> 
> No problem, renoX, but there's at least two strawmen in your post. Maybe 
> three:
> 
> 1) "big projects look ugly" -- unsustained nonsense :)
> 
> 2) "convention used by Walter" -- phobos is a mix of all kinds of 
> non-cohesive design and implementation. So much for convention :)
> 
> 3) "amatuerish" because of a minor variation in style?  Digging for 
> mountainous molehills, my friend :)
> 
> Further, there a vague implication that Tango is somehow non-coherent, and 
> that we 'invented' our own style of using camelCase for global variables and 
> module names. LOL!
> Well, we didn't invent anything new. Those idioms have been used very 
> successfully by millions of programmers for decades.
> 
> This is great! No offence taken, RenoX, and none intended toward you ... but 
> you might as well say that "D sucks goat turds" because it changes how C 
> programmers view the world. Yeah, I know people don't like change, but 
> seriously.
> 
> If you truly feel the use of CamelCase in global vars is just too 
> distressing, please, see a doctor. Such things are /really/ not worth 
> getting upset about, or bitching and moaning about. To quote yourself: 
> "sorry for the harsh words, but that's my view"
> 
> - Kris 
> 
> 
All I'm going to say to respond to that is that you have done a very good job of showing that you are much less mature than RenoX.

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