On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 14:37:46 UTC, Stanislav Blinov
wrote:
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 04:38:46 UTC, matheus wrote:
Interesting, since English is not my first language, if in
that sentence instead of "for" there was the word "since", I
wouldn't have been bothered, but since it
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 04:38:46 UTC, matheus wrote:
Interesting, since English is not my first language, if in that
sentence instead of "for" there was the word "since", I
wouldn't have been bothered, but since it was the first time I
saw the usage of "for" in that way, I found
On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 20:26:45 UTC, Elronnd wrote:
On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 17:33:07 UTC, matheus wrote:
By the way English isn't my first language but I think there
is a small typo:
"In D, such nuances are fewer, for header files are not
required."
I think it's missing
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 11:35:59 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 11:04:45 UTC, Patrick Schluter
wrote:
I read that the "for" as an equivalent of "because" was indeed
almost extinct but was more or less resurrected by Tolkien as
he used it throughout Lord of the
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 11:04:45 UTC, Patrick Schluter
wrote:
I read that the "for" as an equivalent of "because" was indeed
almost extinct but was more or less resurrected by Tolkien as
he used it throughout Lord of the Rings and the
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 10:58:57 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 09:58:39 UTC, Ogi wrote:
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:23:03 UTC, Walter Bright
wrote:
So do I. I enjoy the unusual phrasings some ESL people use.
Translator here. Actually, that was our
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:44:42 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 20:26:45 UTC, Elronnd wrote:
On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 17:33:07 UTC, matheus wrote:
By the way English isn't my first language but I think there
is a small typo:
"In D, such nuances are
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 09:58:39 UTC, Ogi wrote:
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:23:03 UTC, Walter Bright
wrote:
So do I. I enjoy the unusual phrasings some ESL people use.
Translator here. Actually, that was our collective effort
towards weird wording. The original translation I
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:44:42 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 20:26:45 UTC, Elronnd wrote:
On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 17:33:07 UTC, matheus wrote:
By the way English isn't my first language but I think there
is a small typo:
"In D, such nuances are
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:23:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
So do I. I enjoy the unusual phrasings some ESL people use.
Translator here. Actually, that was our collective effort towards
weird wording. The original translation I sent to Mike for
editing stated “*for once* header files
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 04:38:46 UTC, matheus wrote:
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:44:42 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
Yes, this is a perfectly correct use of "for" as a
coordinating conjunction. [1] It may come across as a bit
formal or old-fashioned, though—in normal speech, you'd
On Sunday, 20 February 2022 at 03:44:42 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
Yes, this is a perfectly correct use of "for" as a coordinating
conjunction. [1] It may come across as a bit formal or
old-fashioned, though—in normal speech, you'd usually use
"since".
[1]
On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 20:26:45 UTC, Elronnd wrote:
On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 17:33:07 UTC, matheus wrote:
By the way English isn't my first language but I think there
is a small typo:
"In D, such nuances are fewer, for header files are not
required."
I think it's missing
On 2/19/2022 12:26 PM, Elronnd wrote:
I think it is fine as is.
So do I. I enjoy the unusual phrasings some ESL people use. For example, a long
time ago in a circle of friends of mine one ESL person would say things like:
"time for go" instead of "time to go"
"make some shoppings"
On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 17:33:07 UTC, matheus wrote:
By the way English isn't my first language but I think there is
a small typo:
"In D, such nuances are fewer, for header files are not
required."
I think it's missing the word "example":
"In D, such nuances are fewer, for example
On Saturday, 19 February 2022 at 15:10:25 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
...
Interesting article. And I think it would be nice if that teacher
had taken a pool asking what they think after finishing with D vs
C/C++ which they learned before.
Oh and I'm curious about what compiler they're using,
A while back, Grigorii Smorkalov shared on these forums [a blog
post he had written] in Russian describing his experience
teaching D at a Humanities university in Russia. He has since
updated the post to cover the intervening years, and Georgy
Markov translated it into English for the D blog.
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