Website message overhaul, pass 2

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 11/20/11 5:31 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 11/20/11 5:22 PM, Danni Coy wrote:
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>> From:
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>> "D naturally compiles to efficient native code."
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>> To:
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>> "D compiles naturally to efficient native code."
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>> I think that naturally applies to D rather than compiles
>> so perhaps
>> "Naturally D compiles to efficient native code."
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> That Yoda sounds said like.
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> Andrei

On second thought, this seems glib, apologies.

What I really meant to say is that "natural" actually goes to the 
process of compilation, not D itself. You can see that by replacing e.g. 
"natural" with "easy": D compiles easily to efficient native code. 
That's what I meant when writing the sentence, and again it's there to 
avoid the fallacy that you'd need a magically advanced compiler to do that.

In fact I've considered adding one more sentence there, but I can't come 
up with anything short and good. Something like: "D builds structure on 
top of C's object model bedrock, so D compiles naturally to efficient 
native code." That is long-ish and, worse, leads to all sorts of 
mistaken interpretations.


Andrei