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[Walter Bright]

foobar wrote:
> Walter Bright Wrote:
> 
>> foobar wrote:
>>> Java (the language itself) is mediocre at best but the Java standard 
>>> libraries are excellent with comprehensive usable documentation to boot.
>>> 
>>> Phobes is half a notch above c++ stdlib which is the worst ever from a 
>>> usability and readability perspective. Are we still using G-d files?
>>> really?
>> Please take a module or function in the phobos documentation, and rewrite
>> it to how you think it should be done and post it, as an example of how to
>> do it right. We welcome such help.
> 
> My complaint is not about the implementation itself as it is about it's API.
>  Java is an excellent example of many very usable APIs, meaning that it very
> easy to both read Java code and understand what the functions do and write
> code that's just as readable *without* RTFM.


Please take a Phobos module or a function, and rewrite its API to demonstrate 
your point.