Escape Analysis on reddit

[Jason House]

Walter Bright Wrote:

> Jason House wrote:
> > Not to be rude, but the articles usually aren't very good. This
> > article gives a basic example of the problem space, and mentions the
> > scope keyword to fix it, but that's about it. It doesn't show the
> > code with the fix. It doesn't discuss transitivity, multiple types of
> > scope, or any other concerns discussed on this list.
> > 
> > If you double the length of the article by discussing these deeper
> > issues, the article would be way better. Since D articles already
> > have a reputation to be like this one, I'd avoid useless mentions of
> > D, at least at the beginning of the article.
> 
> Point taken, but on the other hand, I've found if the articles are long 
> ones they don't get read. Blogs aren't intended to be an in-depth treatment.

I was responding to the frequent requests to vote for D articles. I definitely agree there's a sweet spot for article length. I wasn't trying to insult or change what is written. I only wanted to point out how to get my vote, and possibly the vote of others.