Blog post on hidden treasure in the D standard library.

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On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 07:59:16 UTC, Gary Willoughby 
wrote:
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> Stop being such a grammar nazi.
>

I didn't bring it up because I felt like being pedantic, I 
brought it up as a suggestion to make it more pleasant to read.

Since you've already been labelled as a pedant, perhaps you 
should learn the difference between pedantry and Nazism.

On Saturday, 30 August 2014 at 09:38:29 UTC, Gary Willoughby 
wrote:
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> ˙ǝuo pǝʇɐɔnpǝun ǝɥʇ ǝɹɐ noʎ ʇɐɥʇ ɟo ǝsnɐɔǝq ʇı puɐʇsɹǝpun ʇ,uɐɔ 
> noʎ ɟI ¡ʇxǝʇ ǝןoɥʍ ǝɥʇ uı s,ı ǝsɐɔ-ɹǝʍoן uǝ⊥ ˙*uǝʇ* sɐɥ ǝןɔıʇɹɐ 
> ǝɹıʇuǝ ǝɥʇ 'uǝʌǝs ʇou 's,ı ǝsɐɔ-ɹǝʍoן *ǝʌıɟ* sɐɥ ɥdɐɹƃɐɹɐd 
> ʎɹoʇɔnpoɹʇuı ǝɥ⊥

Firstly:

> I’ve been using D for a number of years and i

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> am constantly surprised by the hidden treasure i

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> find in the standard library. I guess the reason for my 
> surprise is that i’ve

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> never exhaustively read the entire library documentation, i

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> only skim it for what’s needed at any given time. I’ve promised 
> myself i

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> will read it thoroughly one day but until then i’ll

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> enjoy these little discoveries. This article highlights a few 
> of these hidden treasures which i

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Secondly, as I've already stated, it's not a matter of it being 
incomprehensible.

> ˙ǝןdɯıs 'ǝʇıɹʍ ı ƃuıɥʇʎuɐ pɐǝɹ ʇ,uop 'ʇı ǝʞıן ʇ,uop noʎ ɟI

In that case, don't complain when the opinions you've written are 
dismissed.

> uoıʇɐnʇɔund ou puɐ ʎןuo ǝsɐɔ-ɹǝʍoן uı uo ʍou ɯoɹɟ ƃuıɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ 
> ƃuıʇıɹʍ ʇɹɐʇs ʇɥƃıɯ ı

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