D's greatest mistakes

Json whatyagonnado at abstractplanet.net
Sat Dec 4 20:52:11 PST 2010


bearophile wrote:
> Walter:
>
>> There are a thousand languages out there. I could spend multiple
>> lifetimes studying them, and then have to start all over with the
>> new crop of languages, and accomplish absolutely nothing.
>
> It's a matter of balance.

No it isn't.

> If you want to design something new you
> need to keep yourself updated too.

Do tell what you have created to know such.

> Otherwise you miss new trends and

and <reduced fee for you if you fill this in correctly>

> you risk repeating the errors already done by other language
> designers.

Walter is not a language designer.

> This means programming a little now and then in new
> languages is necessary (I mean languages like C#, Scala, etc).

That's blantant plug for yourself! It's all good. I'm not here to diss 
you. (You type an awful lot of stuff though. Maybe you should have a 
focus if you don't which seemingly you don't).

>  Even a
> surgeon can't waste all the life just studying medicine books,

"Even"? That sounds like you are learning while posting and that's ok, 
but don't run for office on that, cuz I will cut you down.

> /he doesn't study now and then, such person misses all updates and
> eventually becomes dangerous at the operating table.

That is sensationalism definitive.

>  So some
> intermediate solution must be adopted.

"Throw in the towel" maybe? Quit with your lies and become honest and ... 
yes, then what.




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