random k-sample of a file

[Denis Koroskin]

On Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:53:29 +0400, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> 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
>

Great! Then, how about getting familiar with Tango IO and building your  
concept on top of it? ;)