Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-07-01 Thread Murilo via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Wednesday, 12 June 2019 at 00:33:47 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: On 6/11/2019 5:11 PM, Murilo wrote: 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

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-06-12 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 6/11/2019 11:03 PM, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote: My grandfather and *at least* one (to my immediate knowledge) of my great uncles were WW2 veterans. For all I know, they could have been D-Day, or any other involvement, but nobody in our family would ever know because they made a point

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-06-12 Thread Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 5/25/19 1:03 AM, 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

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-06-11 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 6/11/2019 5:11 PM, Murilo wrote: 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

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-06-11 Thread Murilo via Digitalmars-d-announce
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

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-27 Thread Mike Franklin via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Saturday, 25 May 2019 at 21:56:57 UTC, Murilo wrote: Sorry people It's ok. I know you meant well, and we're happy to have people in this community so passionate about D. Mike

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-27 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce
This is getting way off topic, guys.

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-27 Thread Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 27 May 2019 at 05:34:55 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote: I suspect our closest hope may lie with something like this: Although, even that only seems a mere "step in the right direction", rather than a solution...(Under

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-27 Thread Basile B. via Digitalmars-d-announce
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. So on this day please take the time to tell the world about this language and to invite more

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-26 Thread Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 5/26/19 9:16 PM, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote: On Monday, 27 May 2019 at 00:56:50 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote: in defense against the benign. So congrats those pretending to be anti-Nazi while utilizing that to build the NEXT new fundamentalist regime. I have to admit that I do use

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-26 Thread Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 27 May 2019 at 00:56:50 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote: in defense against the benign. So congrats those pretending to be anti-Nazi while utilizing that to build the NEXT new fundamentalist regime. I have to admit that I do use gmail, but I wonder if it is healthy that NSA

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-26 Thread Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 5/26/19 8:42 PM, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote: On Monday, 27 May 2019 at 00:12:51 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote: Don't know about Europe, but here in the US, an unfortunate part of the basic culture is that people tend to spend their entire lives here going around LOOKING for reasons

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-26 Thread Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 27 May 2019 at 00:12:51 UTC, Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) wrote: Don't know about Europe, but here in the US, an unfortunate part of the basic culture is that people tend to spend their entire lives here going around LOOKING for reasons to be offended, and by golly, they WILL be

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-26 Thread Nick Sabalausky (Abscissa) via Digitalmars-d-announce
On 5/25/19 5:56 PM, Murilo wrote: Sorry people, I did not mean to disregard the heros of D Day. It is because I am latin american and here nobody cares about the second WW cause we didn't participate much. I didn't know that in the US you people had all of that respect for D Day. Don't

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-25 Thread An American in Paris via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Saturday, 25 May 2019 at 23:11:15 UTC, Russel Winder wrote: It's not just the USA, D-Day is a very big deal in the UK and France. D-Day it's Christmas day in France. When you get gifts.

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-25 Thread Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Sat, 2019-05-25 at 21:56 +, Murilo via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: […] > > Sorry people, I did not mean to disregard the heros of D Day. It > is because I am latin american and here nobody cares about the > second WW cause we didn't participate much. I didn't know that in > the US you

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-25 Thread Murilo via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Saturday, 25 May 2019 at 09:27:48 UTC, NaN 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. So on this day please take the time to tell

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-25 Thread NaN via Digitalmars-d-announce
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. So on this day please take the time to tell the world about this language and to invite more

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-24 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce
It's still a good idea, however, to acknowledge the real D-Day veterans on any event on D-Day.

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-24 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d-announce
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

Re: Let's celebrate Dlang on D day

2019-05-24 Thread Mike Franklin via Digitalmars-d-announce
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: