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[Manu]

On 22 January 2012 15:18, Jacob Carlborg <doob at me.com> wrote:

> On 2012-01-21 19:35, Manu wrote:
>
>> On 21 January 2012 18:09, Sean Kelly <sean at invisibleduck.org
>> <mailto:sean at invisibleduck.org**>> wrote:
>>
>>    I suggest checking out Erlang messaging, as it's the basis for this
>>    design. Maybe then things will be a bit clearer.
>>
>>
>> Are you suggesting that erlang is a common language that all programmers
>> worth their paycheques are familiar with... and would also find intuitive?
>> I don't know if it's the most sensible API decision to model a design
>> off something so obscure, unless you suspect that D should appeal
>> primary to ex-erlang users?
>>
>> Just to re-iterate, I'm not arguing against the API or it's merits, it's
>> really cool, just that it shouldn't be the trivial one named receive().
>> That name should be reserved for the most conventional API.
>>
>
> Scala also uses a similar API as Erlang.


Another super-mainstream language that everyone's familiar with :)
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