A Perspective on D from game industry

Abdulhaq via Digitalmars-d digitalmars-d at puremagic.com
Sun Jun 15 14:16:41 PDT 2014


On Sunday, 15 June 2014 at 20:10:34 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 6/15/2014 9:20 AM, Xinok wrote:
>> Given that he lives in Italy, it's safe to assume that English 
>> is not his first
>> language. But rather than consider what he has to say or 
>> dispute his arguments,
>> you completely dismissed his point of view because his level 
>> of writing doesn't
>> meet your standards.
>
> Xinok does have a point that we all should be aware of.
>
> I've found a very strong correlation between poor writing 
> skills and disorganized thinking.
>
> (Your point about non-native English speakers is well taken, 
> one must not confuse unfamiliarity with English with 
> disorganized thinking.)
>
> I'm hardly the only one. If one wants their views to be taken 
> seriously, pay attention to spelling, grammar, paragraphs, 
> organized writing, etc. There's an awful lot of stuff to read 
> on the internet, and poor writing often elicits a "meh, I'll 
> skip this one and move on" reaction.

True but if I'm going to judge a comment by the way it's written 
I'll take a second language piece over a foul and insulting rant 
any day of the week.


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