On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Mayuresh Kathe via Digitalmars-d-learn <digitalmars-d-learn@puremagic.com> wrote: > Okay, if that is the case, I'll dive into Mr. Alexandrescu's book as soon as > I get my copy. > BTW, how come all of you address him as Andrei?
Heh -- possibly you haven't interacted on international technical mailing lists like this. For us (you and me) in India we are used to employ/expect such honorifics, and in fact it would be considered somewhat disrespectful if we didn't, but in my early days interacting with people from "western" countries on the net, I was actually discouraged from using "Mr" because it made people feel "old"! :-) FWIW while we're talking honorifics, he's *Dr* Alexandrescu as in Ph D doc. :-) [I'm one too, but you won't find me having mentioned it anywhere earlier! :-) That's informal.] Re Andrei's book versus Ali's, the latter is a more starting from the basics approach whereas Andrei's book is more targeted at people coming from other languages. (This is a judgment I read somewhere -- perhaps on this forum? -- and which I agree with, sorta.) -- Shriramana Sharma ஶ்ரீரமணஶர்மா श्रीरमणशर्मा
