Website message overhaul

[Michel Fortin]

On 2011-11-14 20:14:22 +0000, Andrei Alexandrescu 
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> said:

> On 11/14/11 11:41 AM, Michel Fortin wrote:
>> On 2011-11-14 01:50:04 +0000, Andrei Alexandrescu
>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> said:
>> 
>>> Walter and I have been working on the website for a while. We want to
>>> crystallize a clear message of what the D programming language is.
>>> 
>>> Please take a look at http://d-programming-language.org/new/. The work
>>> is content-only (no significant changes in style, though collapsible
>>> examples and twitter news are a new style element).
>>> 
>>> Feedback is welcome.
>> 
>> I kind of like it, the structure. I don't like the visual presentation
>> (but I understand that will come later). But most of all I think you're
>> being too wordy.
>> 
>> (I haven't read most of the thread yet, so sorry if I am just repeating
>> what others have said.)
>> 
>> Just take the three main points:
>> 
>> - Modern convenience
>> - Multi-paradigm power
>> - Native efficiency
>> 
>> That's all mixed up. Either use use these three *qualifiers*:
>> 
>> - Modern
>> - Multi-paradigm
>> - Native
>> 
>> Or these three *goals*:
>> 
>> - Convenience
>> - Power
>> - Efficiency
> 
> It's a good idea to keep the top message as is and then eliminate the 
> goals from the bullet points.
> 
>> But matching each goal with a qualifier/feature makes things more
>> confusing. At least for me, it automatically raise a bullshit flag in my
>> head. Just answer this: why does the *multi-paradigm* feature bring
>> power specifically?
> 
> Because it allows you to model difficult problem domains.
> 
>> Couldn't it bring efficiency or convenience instead
>> or in addition to power?
> 
> It could, but that would be secondary at best.
> 
>> How many ways could you combine words from
>> these two lists and it'd still mean the same thing?
> 
> Not many.

You mean this doesn't make sense to you?

- Multi-paradigm convenience: it's much more convenient than mixing 
code from two or more languages.
- Native power: can use every bit of power your hardware can provide 
because it's native.
- Modern efficiency: all modern languages now have good optimizers 
built-in, making the code efficient.

It probably makes more sense from your perspective to match them the 
way you did, I won't contest that. But there's always a way to match 
them differently that would fit someone else's perspective. So to me it 
raises questions whether those words mean anything or they are there to 
impress the less knowledgeable (buzzwords). Or at least it'd raise 
those questions if I were visiting the site for the first time.

-- 
Michel Fortin
michel.fortin at michelf.com
http://michelf.com/