About the Expressiveness of D

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 4/4/13 10:36 PM, Zach the Mystic wrote:
> On Friday, 5 April 2013 at 01:55:06 UTC, bearophile wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu:
>>> Pinging bearophile on this again - do you want to adapt this into a
>>> blog entry? It may be worth posting the link to reddit as is, but one
>>> adaptation pass for a larger audience shouldn't hurt.
>>>
>>> Let us know!
>>
>> Thank you for your interest. I like to write articles, but there are
>> significant problems related to that post:
>> - It's a soup of very different things;
>> - It suggests things like stream fusion that I think aren't yet
>> discussed in the D community;
>> - I think it's not good for consumption outside the D community, it
>> focuses on details mostly important for the development of D/Phobos;
>> - I think some of its contents are half cooked and need some more of
>> my reflection;
>> - I do not like to show a text two times.
>>
>> Bye,
>> bearophile
>
> I just wanted to say that I also liked the article and I understand why
> the others would want you to repost it. I think the strengths outweigh
> the weaknesses you mention, but I do understand nto wanting to show the
> thing twice.

I, too, understand that, with the amendment that it's an unwarranted 
concern. I used to worry about that, too (e.g. not give the same talk 
twice) until I understood that the overlap in audiences is very small, 
and the people comprising the overlap understand and approve of the 
reasons for repeating.

Andrei