duck!

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/11/10 6:30 AM, Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> On 17/10/2010 20:11, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 10/17/2010 01:09 PM, Jeff Nowakowski wrote:
>>> On 10/16/2010 04:05 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It's a subset of duck typing. I don't think calling a function that
>>>> supports a limited form of duck typing "duck" is a lie.
>>>
>>> I'm sure if it was on a Go slide you would.
>>
>> Probably not in as strong terms, but if you want to point out that I'm
>> biased... what can I do? I'm a simple man.
>>
>> Andrei
>
> When I first heard you say you were biased (in the Google Talk), I
> thought you were being facetious, or just exaggerating.
>
> I'm not so sure anymore, and I hope that is not the case. Because, as
> I'm sure you must realize, being biased for D will only result in an
> outcome of mild to severe annoyance and loss of credibility from:
> * people biased for languages which are perceived to be competitors to D
> (like Go).
> * people who are (or strive to be) unbiased.
>
> And given who you are (one of the designers of D), this outcome will
> apply not just to yourself, but D as well, which obviously is not a good
> thing.

I think I ascribe a milder meaning than you to "bias". It's in human 
nature to have preferences, and it's self-evident that I'm biased in 
favor of various facets of D's approach to computing. A completely 
unbiased person would have a hard time working on anything creative.

Andrei