Thanks for putting up with me
BCS
ao at pathlink.com
Wed Mar 5 23:35:57 PST 2008
Reply to Trevor,
> I was reading through some of the articles I posted on this group over
> the past few years, many written with an ignorant or at least
> not-yet-educated and quick to jump to rash conclusions perspective -
> and I must say, I was a little embarrassed.
>
> * I actually thought it was rediculous to use a single letter as a
> variable name. Now I do it often - like when calculating bezier curves
> for instance...
>
> * I really thought it was important to allow a package and a module to
> have the same name - now I just use package Module case.
>
> * I seriously thought it was crucial that phobos reorganize and change
> it's name. Now I just use tango.
>
> * I brought way to many bad C++ habits with me when i switched, and
> was to resistant to embrace the D style guide.
>
> * I thought too much in absolutes, and saw very little gray scale.
> Thus I once was bool and now am real. :)
>
> * I used the word ownedah (as in owned, see urban dictionary if you
> still don't get it)
>
> * I was probably annoying as hell.
>
> So, while I may still possess some of those traits from time to time,
> I feel I have come a very long way as a programmer, and thank you all
> for your patience with my antics. Even when I was probably irritating,
> no one ever made me feel unwelcome. I look forward to being a part of
> the D community for many more years to come.
>
> - Trevor Parscal
>
<nod/> It's nice to see such candor. I fear that I have just as many (if
not more) faults and am no where near as aware of them.
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