Const sucks

[Jb]

"Jb" <jb at nowhere.com> wrote in message news:fc4stj$2snr$1 at digitalmars.com...
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> "Walter Bright" <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
> news:fc4mu5$2j7u$3 at digitalmars.com...
>> Jb wrote:
>>> Am I the only one who though it odd that the current documentation 
>>> spends twice as much time talking about C++ than it does about D?
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>> Half of D programmers come from C++, and the easiest way to learn 
>> something new is to relate it to something already known.
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> Yeah thats fair enough up to a point, but imo the D section was sorely 
> lacking in examples and detailed explanations. Hence all the "What does 
> const xyz mean?" questions in the newgroup.

Sorry to clarify, i meant the the D section was too light, not the C++ 
section too heavy.