On Saturday, 25 May 2019 at 05:03:40 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 5/24/2019 9:00 PM, Mike Franklin wrote:
On Saturday, 25 May 2019 at 03:22:50 UTC, Murilo wrote:
On the 6th of June(6/6) we celebrate the D day on Normandy,
but I have decided to turn it into our own holiday to
celebrate the D language.
I'm sure you mean well, but I will be spending D-Day
remembering the sacrifice of these men:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normandy_landings#/media/File:Normandy_American_Cemetery_and_Memorial,_June_2012.jpg
Perhaps you could find a way to use the D language to honor
them.
I think it's alright. I was invited to teach a D seminar in
Holland a few years back around Memorial Day. They were happy
to conflate the two (it was their idea), and the Dutch revere
the sacrifice of the Allies on D-Day.
My father was a D-Day veteran, too, and I very much doubt he
would have been offended by it. My Dutch friends were thrilled
to find out my father was a vet, and they certainly would have
shown him a good time had he come along. They even gave me some
D-Day gifts.
The D for D-Day thing was all in good fun all around.
When I was a boy nobody cared my father was a vet. Everyone's
dad was a vet. My neighbor next door was a paratrooper who'd
lost his leg. My dad's best friend had his face burned off. It
was kinda normal.
But in his later years, people started to acknowledge the
remaining veterans, and my father really enjoyed that. If you
are lucky enough to know one, tell him thanks. You'll make his
day.
Thanks, I tried it here in my country and people ignored both the
Dlang event and D Day remembrance. I tried to gather everyone in
a pub to give a talk but no one came. By the way, you are Walter
Bright, the father of Dlang, it is such and honor to get to talk
to you. I think it was a great idea you had to create this
language, I really like it and I am trying to get more people to
use it. By the way, you remind me of Breaking Bad cause your name
sounds very similar to the name of the main character, Walter
White. Cheers.
