D dropped in favour of C# for PSP emulator

[Timon Gehr]

On 05/16/2012 09:29 AM, bearophile wrote:
> Kirill:
>
>> How about users who don't know what binary search is. binary search is
>> an intuitive concept for people who have good programming experience
>> but assumeSorted(r).contains(x) is more intuitive to higher level users.
>
> Even if you don't know the name "binary search" (something that all CS
> students learn very early in their studies, a concept that is also
> taught in "Unplugged CS" to little children) how can you be sure that
> "assumeSorted(r).contains(x)" will perform a "fast search" like when you
> search people names in a sorted sequence?
>

By assuming the library writer is sane, or by reading the documentation.

>
>> So in short, I support that Andrei aims for larger audience.
>
> Then why is Andrei using the name std.algorithm.schwartzSort? For every
> 20 CS students and programmers that know what a "binary search" is, you
> probably get only 1-4 that know what a "Schwartz Sorting" is. So I think
> your explanation of Andrei aim doesn't hold water.
>

I agree, that the explanation does not hold water, not because of other 
parts of the API, but simply because binary search is such a basic 
concept that I wouldn't trust a programmer who does not understand it.