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

[Steve Schveighoffer]

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>From: Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg at gmx.com>
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>On Sunday, August 14, 2011 13:11:29 Brad Roberts wrote:
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>> Sorry for being blunter than I'd like to have been.. hard to figure out how
>> to ask questions like this politely.
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>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.


In the continued spirit of not being rude but offering advice (I hope!), I find that my emails come out much much better if I proof read them several times before sending :)  I end up eliminating repetitive statements quite a bit, or making sentences less wordy/simpler.  One thing's for sure about emails, once you send them, they can be scrutinized by everyone, and you can't really change them.  It's much different than having a verbal conversation, where stumbling or being wordy is forgotten quickly.

In contrast to your statement about essays, I learned (in a computer science ethics class of all places) it was better to make things *less* repetitive for academic work.  My essays got 100% better with some tweaking here or there.  I also hate essays that require so many words, it forces repetition.

FWIW, the consistency of your repetition is ample evidence that you are not trying to be rude :)  It's just the way you write.

-Steve