Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-14 Thread Jeremy DeHaan via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Wednesday, 14 January 2015 at 14:13:04 UTC, Daniel Murphy wrote: Brad Anderson wrote in message news:jcidebafygjtdsabn...@forum.dlang.org... Sounds like a good subject for Daniel Murphy to talk about. He spent a good hour explaining to me how a linker works in the Aloft bar after most

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-14 Thread Daniel Murphy via Digitalmars-d-announce
Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote in message news:mailman.4595.1421160931.9932.digitalmars-d-annou...@puremagic.com... On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 14:39:42 Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: Daniel prefers to talk through other peoples talks. :o) Or to work on

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-14 Thread Daniel Murphy via Digitalmars-d-announce
Brad Anderson wrote in message news:jcidebafygjtdsabn...@forum.dlang.org... Sounds like a good subject for Daniel Murphy to talk about. He spent a good hour explaining to me how a linker works in the Aloft bar after most people had retired (thanks for that, Daniel) and he certainly knows dmd

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-13 Thread Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 13 January 2015 at 10:51, Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com wrote: On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 at 07:30:22 UTC, Brad Anderson wrote: On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 at 00:22:33 UTC, Mike wrote: I have a suggestion for any compiler implementers: How about a

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-13 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 at 07:30:22 UTC, Brad Anderson wrote: On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 at 00:22:33 UTC, Mike wrote: I have a suggestion for any compiler implementers: How about a talk on how to get started hacking the compiler. Something that may lower the entry barrier and encourage

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-13 Thread John Colvin via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 at 00:22:33 UTC, Mike wrote: On Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 20:17:25 UTC, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: On 10 January 2015 at 20:15, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com wrote: On 1/10/2015 9:50 AM, Andrei

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-13 Thread Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, January 13, 2015 14:39:42 Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: Daniel prefers to talk through other peoples talks. :o) Or to work on the compiler during their talks. ;) - Jonathan M Davis

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-13 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/12/15 11:30 PM, Brad Anderson wrote: Do we know if the DConf 2015 talks will be recorded? In all likelihood yes. -- Andrei

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-12 Thread Mike via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 20:17:25 UTC, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: On 10 January 2015 at 20:15, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com wrote: On 1/10/2015 9:50 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 1/10/15 9:49 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-12 Thread Brad Anderson via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 13 January 2015 at 00:22:33 UTC, Mike wrote: I have a suggestion for any compiler implementers: How about a talk on how to get started hacking the compiler. Something that may lower the entry barrier and encourage participation. Some random thoughts: * General structure of the

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-11 Thread Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 10 January 2015 at 20:15, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com wrote: On 1/10/2015 9:50 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 1/10/15 9:49 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 1/10/15 8:15 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: In any event,

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-11 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/11/2015 12:17 PM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: I digress, I will have to sit down and write some things up and we'll see where I get. Looking forward to it!

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-10 Thread Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 9 January 2015 at 00:32, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com wrote: On 1/8/2015 8:42 AM, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: On Thursday, January 08, 2015 10:31:37 Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: On 6 January 2015 at

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-10 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/10/15 8:15 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: In any event, are you doing flash talks this year? I don't think I could find something to spend more than 15 minutes talking about this year. Yes. -- Andrei

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-10 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/10/2015 9:50 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 1/10/15 9:49 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 1/10/15 8:15 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: In any event, are you doing flash talks this year? I don't think I could find something to spend more than 15 minutes talking about

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-10 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/10/15 9:49 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 1/10/15 8:15 AM, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: In any event, are you doing flash talks this year? I don't think I could find something to spend more than 15 minutes talking about this year. Yes. -- Andrei I should add that

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-09 Thread Jonas Drewsen via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Thursday, 8 January 2015 at 10:31:58 UTC, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: On 6 January 2015 at 23:24, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com wrote: Hello, Exciting times! DConf 2015 will take place May 27-29 2015 at Utah Valley

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-08 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/8/2015 8:42 AM, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: On Thursday, January 08, 2015 10:31:37 Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: On 6 January 2015 at 23:24, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com wrote: Hello, Exciting

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-08 Thread Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 6 January 2015 at 23:24, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com wrote: Hello, Exciting times! DConf 2015 will take place May 27-29 2015 at Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. Awesome, that runs over my birthday (28th). My friends and family

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-07 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/7/2015 12:06 AM, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: On Wednesday, January 07, 2015 07:37:10 Mengu via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: is it crazy to think that there are some people somewhere who can't stand D and anything D related? Well, _I_ wouldn't want to see a D on my

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-07 Thread Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Wednesday, January 07, 2015 07:37:10 Mengu via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: is it crazy to think that there are some people somewhere who can't stand D and anything D related? Well, _I_ wouldn't want to see a D on my report card. ;) - Jonathan M Davis

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-07 Thread Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, January 06, 2015 15:24:19 Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: Hello, Exciting times! DConf 2015 will take place May 27-29 2015 at Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. LOL. My brother is graduating from there about a month before that. The call for submissions

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-07 Thread Andrej Mitrovic via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/7/15, Ali Çehreli digitalmars-d-announce@puremagic.com wrote: I loved it too! :) Andrej, I am going to use it but without the redundant happy on the last line: :D = A D programmer Ali As always, my smileys are Boost-licensed. Feel free to do whatever you want with them. :P

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-07 Thread Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 01/07/2015 01:08 PM, Walter Bright wrote: On 1/7/2015 5:45 AM, Andrej Mitrovic via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: :( = A C programmer :(++ = A C++ programmer with bandages from the pain of using C++. :D= A happy D programmer Ok, you made me laugh out loud! I loved it too! :)

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-07 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/7/2015 11:05 AM, Maxime Chevalier-Boisvert wrote: We'd like your presentation proposal, too! It's an honor to be reinvited :) I'm honored you're a member of our community. Truly the best thing about working on D is the type of people it attracts. Are there specific topics you'd

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-07 Thread Andrej Mitrovic via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/7/15, Dominikus Dittes Scherkl via Digitalmars-d-announce digitalmars- Luckily we don't develop in F :-D (this is of course my most loved smiley) :( = A C programmer :(++ = A C++ programmer with bandages from the pain of using C++. :D= A happy D programmer

DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-06 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce
Hello, Exciting times! DConf 2015 will take place May 27-29 2015 at Utah Valley University in Orem, UT. The call for submissions is now open at http://dconf.org. Please mind the submission deadline: February 27, 2015. We are hoping to build a strong program with the help of D established

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-06 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/6/15 3:24 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: [snip] http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2rkg7i/call_for_submissions_the_d_programming_language/ https://twitter.com/D_Programming/status/552607568195883009 Andrei

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-06 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-announce
Reddit downvotes seem to be the most arbitrary things on the Internet. I don't understand them at all.

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-06 Thread Maxime Chevalier-Boisvert via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Wednesday, 7 January 2015 at 00:21:55 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: Reddit downvotes seem to be the most arbitrary things on the Internet. I don't understand them at all. r/programming seems to be have become fairly hostile to new submissions, but the post is 7th on the front page at this time,

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-06 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 1/6/2015 10:08 PM, Maxime Chevalier-Boisvert wrote: On Wednesday, 7 January 2015 at 00:21:55 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: Reddit downvotes seem to be the most arbitrary things on the Internet. I don't understand them at all. r/programming seems to be have become fairly hostile to new

Re: DConf 2015 Call for Submissions is now open

2015-01-06 Thread Mengu via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Wednesday, 7 January 2015 at 00:21:55 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: Reddit downvotes seem to be the most arbitrary things on the Internet. I don't understand them at all. it had 32 upvotes when i just visited the link. i upvoted and now it has 29 votes. is it crazy to think that there are