Re: Article on the D blog

2017-07-21 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d
On Friday, 21 July 2017 at 13:03:34 UTC, Jean-Louis Leroy wrote: Hi, Whom should I contact to submit an article proposal for the D blog? Me: aldac...@gmail.com

Article on the D blog

2017-07-21 Thread Jean-Louis Leroy via Digitalmars-d
Hi, Whom should I contact to submit an article proposal for the D blog?

Re: Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-05 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 5 June 2017 at 14:19:38 UTC, Vladimir Panteleev wrote: On Monday, 5 June 2017 at 11:01:49 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: Thanks to everyone who provided feedback here and elsewhere. I've incorporated much of it and that has resulted in a much better post. I'll be publishing it in a ~ 3 hour

Re: Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-05 Thread Vladimir Panteleev via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 5 June 2017 at 11:01:49 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: Thanks to everyone who provided feedback here and elsewhere. I've incorporated much of it and that has resulted in a much better post. I'll be publishing it in a ~ 3 hours or so. Sorry for the late feedback (only saw this recently), bu

Re: Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-05 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 4 June 2017 at 16:07:35 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: So I took the feedback I've gotten so far, stepped away and thought about it for a bit, and agreed that I was taking the wrong approach. So I've given it a rewrite. The original gist is still there, but the new one is here: https://g

Re: Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-04 Thread WhatMeWorry via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 4 June 2017 at 08:34:23 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: As a result of the ongoing thread, 'C++17 cannot beat D surely' [1], I've slapped together a blog post about it all. A post about CTFE sort in D by itself would be rather short. So I also wrote about two points of the confusion (one of

Re: Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-04 Thread Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, June 04, 2017 19:16:09 ag0aep6g via Digitalmars-d wrote: > On 06/04/2017 06:07 PM, Mike Parker wrote: > > https://gist.github.com/mdparker/51599471b5f19fe05ff01ca95b34d453 > > From there: "What it boils down to is this: if a function *can* be > executed at compile time, it *will* be." >

Re: Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-04 Thread ag0aep6g via Digitalmars-d
On 06/04/2017 06:07 PM, Mike Parker wrote: https://gist.github.com/mdparker/51599471b5f19fe05ff01ca95b34d453 From there: "What it boils down to is this: if a function *can* be executed at compile time, it *will* be." I think that gives the wrong impression. We regularly have newcomers in D.

Re: Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-04 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 4 June 2017 at 16:48:11 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Sunday, 4 June 2017 at 16:07:35 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: [...] Much better, a standard overview of CTFE, but that's better for a general audience. I'd leave out the bit about allocation altogether, a technical detail that depends on th

Re: Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-04 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 4 June 2017 at 16:07:35 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: On Sunday, 4 June 2017 at 08:34:23 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: I've slapped together a blog post about it all. So I took the feedback I've gotten so far, stepped away and thought about it for a bit, and agreed that I was taking the wro

Re: Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-04 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 4 June 2017 at 08:34:23 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: I've slapped together a blog post about it all. So I took the feedback I've gotten so far, stepped away and thought about it for a bit, and agreed that I was taking the wrong approach. So I've given it a rewrite. The original gist i

Re: Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-04 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 4 June 2017 at 08:34:23 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: As a result of the ongoing thread, 'C++17 cannot beat D surely' [1], I've slapped together a blog post about it all. A post about CTFE sort in D by itself would be rather short. So I also wrote about two points of the confusion (one of

Re: Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-04 Thread Stanislav Blinov via Digitalmars-d
On Sunday, 4 June 2017 at 08:34:23 UTC, Mike Parker wrote: I'd like to publish it tomorrow (Monday), so I've put the draft in a gist [2] and I'm looking to get anyone who's willing to read it and let me know here if I've made any errors. https://gist.github.com/mdparker/c674888dea1e0ead0c6a8

Sorting in D Blog Post Review Request

2017-06-04 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d
As a result of the ongoing thread, 'C++17 cannot beat D surely' [1], I've slapped together a blog post about it all. A post about CTFE sort in D by itself would be rather short. So I also wrote about two points of the confusion (one of which was my own) that arose in the thread. I'd like to pu

Re: I would like to transfer the D blog theme repo to the dlang umbrella

2016-06-06 Thread Steven Schveighoffer via Digitalmars-d
On 6/6/16 9:47 AM, Jack Stouffer wrote: Just to start out, I created a private repo on Github to help with collaboration on the D blog theme between myself and Mike Parker. Now, there's no reason it should be private, and everyone should be able to see it and contribute. So, who do I ta

Re: I would like to transfer the D blog theme repo to the dlang umbrella

2016-06-06 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 13:47:00 UTC, Jack Stouffer wrote: So, who do I talk to and what do I need to do to get this on github.com/dlang? +1 And, if I may add, the sooner the better!

I would like to transfer the D blog theme repo to the dlang umbrella

2016-06-06 Thread Jack Stouffer via Digitalmars-d
Just to start out, I created a private repo on Github to help with collaboration on the D blog theme between myself and Mike Parker. Now, there's no reason it should be private, and everyone should be able to see it and contribute. So, who do I talk to and what do I need to do to get th

Re: More D blog posts and Youtube tutorials

2015-09-29 Thread karabuta via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 29 September 2015 at 19:00:32 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 06:41:49PM +, karabuta via Digitalmars-d wrote: The problem I see is very few people are really aware of D as a creation out experience and research. I hurts so bad that there is almost nothing to fin

Re: More D blog posts and Youtube tutorials

2015-09-29 Thread H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d
On Tue, Sep 29, 2015 at 06:41:49PM +, karabuta via Digitalmars-d wrote: > Everyday we argue about why other languages are getting more users > than D due to certain design decisions they make. But IMO, all those > languages suck :). There is sugar in D, no honey!. > > > The problem I see is v

More D blog posts and Youtube tutorials

2015-09-29 Thread karabuta via Digitalmars-d
Everyday we argue about why other languages are getting more users than D due to certain design decisions they make. But IMO, all those languages suck :). There is sugar in D, no honey!. The problem I see is very few people are really aware of D as a creation out experience and research. I hu

Re: D blog?

2014-07-16 Thread Kiith-Sa via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 19:00:42 UTC, Meta wrote: On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 17:00:16 UTC, Kiith-Sa wrote: On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 16:04:32 UTC, Meta wrote: On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 14:21:26 UTC, Dicebot wrote: On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 01:34:58 UTC, Kiith-Sa wrote: Ju

Re: D blog?

2014-07-16 Thread Meta via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 17:00:16 UTC, Kiith-Sa wrote: On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 16:04:32 UTC, Meta wrote: On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 14:21:26 UTC, Dicebot wrote: On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 01:34:58 UTC, Kiith-Sa wrote: Just noticed this: http://blog.octayn.net/blog/2014/06/30/

Re: D blog?

2014-07-16 Thread Kiith-Sa via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 16:04:32 UTC, Meta wrote: On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 14:21:26 UTC, Dicebot wrote: On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 01:34:58 UTC, Kiith-Sa wrote: Just noticed this: http://blog.octayn.net/blog/2014/06/30/this-week-in-rust-54/ This is precisely the kind of thing we

Re: D blog?

2014-07-16 Thread Kiith-Sa via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 14:21:26 UTC, Dicebot wrote: On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 01:34:58 UTC, Kiith-Sa wrote: Just noticed this: http://blog.octayn.net/blog/2014/06/30/this-week-in-rust-54/ This is precisely the kind of thing we need. Huge amount of non-interesting effort. There was

Re: D blog?

2014-07-16 Thread Meta via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 14:21:26 UTC, Dicebot wrote: On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 01:34:58 UTC, Kiith-Sa wrote: Just noticed this: http://blog.octayn.net/blog/2014/06/30/this-week-in-rust-54/ This is precisely the kind of thing we need. Huge amount of non-interesting effort. There was

Re: D blog?

2014-07-16 Thread Dicebot via Digitalmars-d
On Wednesday, 16 July 2014 at 01:34:58 UTC, Kiith-Sa wrote: Just noticed this: http://blog.octayn.net/blog/2014/06/30/this-week-in-rust-54/ This is precisely the kind of thing we need. Huge amount of non-interesting effort. There was someone trying to do similar digest for D but effort seems

Re: D blog?

2014-07-15 Thread Kiith-Sa via Digitalmars-d
Just noticed this: http://blog.octayn.net/blog/2014/06/30/this-week-in-rust-54/ This is precisely the kind of thing we need.

Re: D blog?

2014-07-15 Thread Kiith-Sa via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 15 July 2014 at 10:17:26 UTC, Joakim wrote: On Tuesday, 15 July 2014 at 00:41:12 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote: On Monday, 14 July 2014 at 19:41:19 UTC, Joakim wrote: whereas I'm asking about having an official blog on dlang.org and how much interest there is from others to contribute t

Re: D blog?

2014-07-15 Thread Mike Parker via Digitalmars-d
would they contribute? I would happily contribute. I always wanted to do more with my D blog and actually ran a few interviews on it a long while ago. Never had the energy to do more than keep up with announcements, though, in the long run. I think an official blog with even just a handful

Re: D blog?

2014-07-15 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d
On Tuesday, 15 July 2014 at 00:41:12 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote: On Monday, 14 July 2014 at 19:41:19 UTC, Joakim wrote: whereas I'm asking about having an official blog on dlang.org and how much interest there is from others to contribute to one. This is my question, what do you expect people

Re: D blog?

2014-07-14 Thread Jesse Phillips via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 14 July 2014 at 19:41:19 UTC, Joakim wrote: whereas I'm asking about having an official blog on dlang.org and how much interest there is from others to contribute to one. This is my question, what do you expect people to contribute? Release announcements are obvious. Would it mimic

Re: D blog?

2014-07-14 Thread Peter Alexander via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 14 July 2014 at 19:41:19 UTC, Joakim wrote: Yeah, that's a feed of D-related posts by people who already have their own blogs, whereas I'm asking about having an official blog on dlang.org and how much interest there is from others to contribute to one. To be honest, even if the on

Re: D blog?

2014-07-14 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 14 July 2014 at 19:13:25 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote: On Monday, 14 July 2014 at 18:41:53 UTC, Joakim wrote: I've been thinking about setting one up: any interest in having an official blog or anybody contributing? It'd have to be a group effort, with various people writing or being

Re: D blog?

2014-07-14 Thread Joseph Rushton Wakeling via Digitalmars-d
On 14/07/14 21:13, Jesse Phillips via Digitalmars-d wrote: Well, I don't know what you'll get out of it that isn't already there with Planet D: http://planet.dsource.org/ I think Joakim is suggesting an official blog that speaks on behalf of the D programming language, which is a bit different

Re: D blog?

2014-07-14 Thread Jesse Phillips via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 14 July 2014 at 18:41:53 UTC, Joakim wrote: I've been thinking about setting one up: any interest in having an official blog or anybody contributing? It'd have to be a group effort, with various people writing or being interviewed. Here's my earlier forum post that motivated the id

D blog?

2014-07-14 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d
writing a series of such posts, expanding on each of the bullet points. Right now, he'll throw something off on the forum and it'll get buried by all the posts on here, missed by most users. A blog is where such material could be highlighted. We even have a D blog engine built on vibe.d that

Re: Random sampling in D -- blog post

2012-07-20 Thread Joseph Rushton Wakeling
On 19/07/12 23:33, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: You should know Chrome displays quite a weird stub while loading that page over a slow connection. Ack. That'll be the way that Chrome handles embedded website fonts -- doesn't display _anything_ until the fonts have loaded. I really must try and

Re: Random sampling in D -- blog post

2012-07-19 Thread 1100110
Zim desktop 'wiki.' Sounds rather stupid but it is very nice for informal style. It uses Markdown by default and comes with inline support for 'naked' LaTeX. It outputs to HTML, and doesn't look half bad for a five-minute learning curve. On Wed, 18 Jul 2012 09:55:06 -0500, Joseph Rushton

Re: Random sampling in D -- blog post

2012-07-19 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 7/18/12 7:55 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: Hello all, My patches to RandomSample were accepted earlier this month (thanks to both Jonathan and Andrei:-) so I thought I'd write a short blog post (which turned into a very long blog post...) about random sampling, the algorithms concerned,

Re: Random sampling in D -- blog post

2012-07-19 Thread Bernard Helyer
On Wednesday, 18 July 2012 at 14:55:18 UTC, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote: Hello all, My patches to RandomSample were accepted earlier this month (thanks to both Jonathan and Andrei:-) so I thought I'd write a short blog post (which turned into a very long blog post...) about random sampling,

Random sampling in D -- blog post

2012-07-18 Thread Joseph Rushton Wakeling
Hello all, My patches to RandomSample were accepted earlier this month (thanks to both Jonathan and Andrei:-) so I thought I'd write a short blog post (which turned into a very long blog post...) about random sampling, the algorithms concerned, and its implementation in D. http://braingam.es/

Re: D Blog...

2011-05-23 Thread Lloyd Dupont
A new post.. still about visual studio experience... http://galador.net/codeblog/post/2011/05/23/Discovering-D-and-Visual-Studio-(continued%E2%80%A6).aspx "Lloyd Dupont" wrote in message news:ir5l9r$1gvh$1...@digitalmars.com... I just wrote an article on my blog (not much happening on it th

Re: D Blog...

2011-05-23 Thread Lloyd Dupont
You ask at the right time! After month of anemic performance and got fed-up! I just migrated my blog to a new server which should behave much better, hopefully! Try again! http://www.galador.net/codeblog/post/2011/05/20/D-for-NET-programmer.aspx "Peter Alexander" wrote in message news:ir991l

Re: D Blog...

2011-05-21 Thread Peter Alexander
Reddit has killed your blog! "Server is too busy" On 21/05/11 3:08 AM, Lloyd Dupont wrote: hay, I didn't know reddit! some comments are quite funny! "Walter Bright" wrote in message news:ir6aa1$2o0a$1...@digitalmars.com... On 5/20/2011 4:58 AM, Lloyd Dupont wrote: I just wrote an article o

Re: D Blog...

2011-05-20 Thread Lloyd Dupont
hay, I didn't know reddit! some comments are quite funny! "Walter Bright" wrote in message news:ir6aa1$2o0a$1...@digitalmars.com... On 5/20/2011 4:58 AM, Lloyd Dupont wrote: I just wrote an article on my blog (not much happening on it though, I confess..) Which should explain to a .NET progr

Re: D Blog...

2011-05-20 Thread Andrej Mitrovic
On 5/20/11, Jesse Phillips wrote: > and the other is that it won't compile with dmd 2.053 (or it didn't compile > in the beta's and I don't think the repo has been updated yet.) It was just a miss-placed line. A const variable was used before it was declared. There's a solution in the DFL forums.

Re: D Blog...

2011-05-20 Thread Walter Bright
On 5/20/2011 4:58 AM, Lloyd Dupont wrote: I just wrote an article on my blog (not much happening on it though, I confess..) Which should explain to a .NET programmer how to have an easy and satisfying start with D: http://www.galador.net/codeblog/post/2011/05/20/D-for-NET-programmer.aspx Red

Re: D Blog...

2011-05-20 Thread Lloyd Dupont
Damn, I liked the idea to use the latest DMD! Well this week I'll do more D & GUI experiment. Now that I "can compile" i might be more productive! :) At any rate DGui look quite nice too! Except for the lack of designer support that is... "Jesse Phillips" wrote in message news:ir62sb$2a64$

Re: D Blog...

2011-05-20 Thread Jesse Phillips
Lloyd Dupont Wrote: > Thanks for the feedback. > > Hey I might give a new go at DFL then. I like Entice the designer support. > Well I could give a go at DWT as well, so I could make my own inform > opinion! > > My initial conclusion my have been skewed by the fact that I had a hard time > jus

Re: D Blog...

2011-05-20 Thread Lloyd Dupont
Thanks for the feedback. Hey I might give a new go at DFL then. I like Entice the designer support. Well I could give a go at DWT as well, so I could make my own inform opinion! My initial conclusion my have been skewed by the fact that I had a hard time just compiling the damn thing! :) Wi

Re: D Blog...

2011-05-20 Thread Jesse Phillips
Lloyd Dupont Wrote: > I just wrote an article on my blog (not much happening on it though, I > confess..) > > Which should explain to a .NET programmer how to have an easy and satisfying > start with D: > > http://www.galador.net/codeblog/post/2011/05/20/D-for-NET-programmer.aspx > While I

D Blog...

2011-05-20 Thread Lloyd Dupont
I just wrote an article on my blog (not much happening on it though, I confess..) Which should explain to a .NET programmer how to have an easy and satisfying start with D: http://www.galador.net/codeblog/post/2011/05/20/D-for-NET-programmer.aspx