[dmd-internals] What is the point of runnable/testdate.d?

[Jonathan M Davis]

On Sunday, August 14, 2011 13:11:29 Brad Roberts wrote:
> On 8/14/2011 1:02 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> > On Sunday, August 14, 2011 12:56:30 Brad Roberts wrote:
> >> btw, why do you repeat your self so much in most of your emails?  It
> >> makes them extra wordy and longer than n
> >> ecessary.  Feels like some bad
> >> training from academia.
> > 
> > It probably is. For essays and the like, that's definitely what you're
> > supposed to do. It doesn't work as well in smaller communications like
> > e-mail, but I still end up repeating the key points at the end or it
> > just feels off to me.
> > 
> > In any case, it sounds like runnable/testdate.d should just be removed
> > then.
> > 
> > - Jonathan M Davis
> 
> If you're trying to teach someone something, and it's a long enough work,
> yes.  But for emails, it feels like being beaten upside the head
> repeatedly.  As if we you're trying to force us to accept your point
> (whatever it is, this email was just a really good illustration of it since
> it was tiny).  Or like a whiny kid asking Why? Why? Why?
> 
> Sorry for being blunter than I'd like to have been.. hard to figure out how
> to ask questions like this politely.

Well, I'm certainly not trying to be rude at all or shove my point down 
anyone's throat, and I certainly understand that you weren't trying to be 
rude. I guess that I should try to relearn how to write out arguments in e-
mails such that I don't repeat myself as much, though that'll probably take 
time.

- Jonathan M Davis