D Development Paradigm

Craig Black cblack at ara.com
Thu Nov 29 11:50:52 PST 2007


"Paul Anderson" <paul.d.anderson.removethis at comcast.andthis.net> wrote in 
message news:fin002$16l8$1 at digitalmars.com...
> Craig Black Wrote:
>
>> Listening to Walter argue with everyone about const again I had to laugh.
>> Does anyone else notice this pattern?
>>
>> 1) People propose an idea/complaint about a language feature
>> 2) Walter makes a strong case for the way D does it
>> 3) People press the point but Walter is stubborn
>> 4) People get tired of arguing
>> 5) Many months or years pass
>> 6) For unknown reasons Walter changes his mind and makes the proposed 
>> change
>>
>> I remember a time when Walter disliked the idea of adding templates to D. 
>> I
>> also remember a time when Walter argued furiously against adding const.
>> More recently he defended at length the 3-keyword const implementation. 
>> He
>> always argues his points so adamantly that whenever he changes his mind 
>> it
>> seems like a religious conversion. :)
>>
>> -Craig
>>
>>
>
> So does this mean the system is broken or that it works? :-)
>
> Paul

Walter's doing a great job IMO.  I guess you could say he just has a unique 
procedure for assimilating proposed language features.. 





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