Why I'm Excited about D

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On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 17:17:21 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 4/8/2015 9:58 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 8 April 2015 at 16:51:53 UTC, Andrei 
>> Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> File defines it.
>>
>> Last time this came up on reddit, I explained that *this* was 
>> exactly why I
>> think "string".writeln is mistaken. writeln does NOT operate 
>> on its string, it
>> doesn't tell the string to do something, it doesn't transform 
>> the string.
>>
>> It tells a *File* to do something.
>
> writeln is an OutputRange. It takes its input from the pipeline 
> and places it in a container (the screen).

But it is actually a method of stdout file, which was what Adam 
has pointed out. Hiding it behind free function and abusing that 
fact for UFCS is just mixing semantics and, well, abuse.