random k-sample of a file

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 10, 2008 at 5:55 AM, Denis Koroskin <2korden at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 08:27:37 +0400, Jarrett Billingsley
>> <jarrett.billingsley at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
>>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On a different topic, your use of std.stream reminded me. I was thinking
>>>> of
>>>> yanking it from Phobos. Thoughts?
>>> ..what?  You want to remove most of Phobos' IO capabilities?
>>>
>>> I'm guessing there's something else you'd like to replace it with, but
>>> I wonder what it could be.
>> Yeah, why need them when Tango is soon to be used with Phobos side-by-side
>> ;)
>>
> 
> That's kind of what I'm thinking.  It seems like a waste of time for
> _another_ IO framework to be developed when we have two already.
> Priorities, priorities.  How about fixing frontend bugs instead?

Well Walter wouldn't be working on it anyway. The thing is, if we want
e.g. std.algorithm to work on I/O, there must be integration of I/O with
the range concept. As far as I can see things, ranges will be quite a
powerful currency allowing many std components to trade data with one
another.

Andrei