D dropped in favour of C# for PSP emulator

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 5/16/12 2:29 AM, bearophile wrote:
> Kirill:
>
>> How about users who don't know what binary search is. binary search is
>> an intuitive concept for people who have good programming experience
>> but assumeSorted(r).contains(x) is more intuitive to higher level users.
>
> Even if you don't know the name "binary search" (something that all CS
> students learn very early in their studies, a concept that is also
> taught in "Unplugged CS" to little children) how can you be sure that
> "assumeSorted(r).contains(x)" will perform a "fast search" like when you
> search people names in a sorted sequence?
>
>
>> So in short, I support that Andrei aims for larger audience.
>
> Then why is Andrei using the name std.algorithm.schwartzSort? For every
> 20 CS students and programmers that know what a "binary search" is, you
> probably get only 1-4 that know what a "Schwartz Sorting" is. So I think
> your explanation of Andrei aim doesn't hold water.

Just trying my best to do the right thing by everyone. Not much else to 
read into it.

Andrei