checkedint call removal

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 01:48:17PM -0700, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 8/1/2014 12:06 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
> >>For example, what would "sick" mean to a motorhead?
> >
> >You mean "motorhead" like in someone who likes cars or like in the
> >the heavy metal band? :-P (Non-native speakers probably associate
> >motorhead with the band and often don't know the original meaning)
> 
> "motorhead" as in someone who is happy with his head under the hood of
> a car working on the engine. (The band name is a reference to using
> amphetamine.)
> 
> "sick" in this case would be a term of high praise for someone's
> custom hot rod.

And a "hot rod" in this context means a customized vehicle modified to
have high performance, speed, etc., not a stick that has high
temperature.  :-D


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