checkedint call removal

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 11:08:53PM +0200, Timon Gehr via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 08/01/2014 10:48 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> >On 8/1/2014 12:06 PM, Daniel Gibson wrote:
> >>>For example, what would "sick" mean
> >>>to a motorhead?
> >>
> >>You mean "motorhead" like in someone who likes cars or like in the
> >>the heavy metal band? :-P (Non-native speakers probably associate
> >>motorhead with the band and often don't know the original meaning)
> >
> >"motorhead" as in someone who is happy with his head under the hood
> >of a car working on the engine. (The band name is a reference to
> >using amphetamine.)
> >
> >"sick" in this case would be a term of high praise for someone's
> >custom hot rod.
> >
> 
> Great. Now imagine you are a motorhead in a hospital.

I have no trouble distinguishing between these two meanings of "sick"
within the same conversation. You just have to resolve your overload
sets correctly. :-D


T

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