On Sunday, 26 May 2013 at 03:51:48 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
It's not totally random. I've designed one macro language
before (ABEL), and have implemented 3 (ABEL, Make, and C
preprocessor), so I knew what I wanted. Ddoc is very similar to
Make's macro system.
BTW, the C preprocessor takes the cake for being both
horrendously complicated (most implementations take about 10
years to get right) and woefully inadequate.
Good evening, Walter,
I noticed the similarities to DDoc macros and Make immediately.
Again, I think the documentation system you designed is
excellent. The 'sugar' I suggested in an earlier post seemed, at
least to me, in line with the general 'common sense syntax' that
you implemented elsewhere - such as with defining code,
variables, dates, authors, paragraphs, etc. Then again, you're
dealing with an (aspiring) accountant, not a computer scientist,
so I only have experience in trying to make complex things look
pretty and not caring about all of that optimisation and
implementation stuff!
Again, I have nothing but the highest respect for the work you've
done. Think of it this way: if I didn't admire D so much, I
wouldn't be so determined to get its documentation onto eReaders!
