On Thursday, 30 August 2018 at 11:45:00 UTC, Joakim wrote:
(Quoting from the article I think).
Kuhn and Lakatos. Paradigm shifts don't take place when the
dominant paradigm is defeated by logical or empirical means.
Paradigm shifts take place when for some reason people say
"how about we
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 12:26:25 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 11:55:33 UTC, Joakim wrote:
"So how do you change paradigms? Thomas Kuhn, who wrote the
seminal book about the great paradigm shifts of science, has
a lot to say about that. In a nutshell, you keep
On Friday, 24 August 2018 at 03:06:40 UTC, Jonathan Marler wrote:
I don't have much influence on the first 4 types of "leverage
points" in D, but I have a suggestion for a new "rule of the
system" (5th most important type of leverage point). Require
reviews from any user before merging their
On Saturday, 18 August 2018 at 13:33:43 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
A friend recommended this article:
http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/
I found it awesome and would recommend to anyone in this
community. Worth a close read - no skimming,
On Saturday, 18 August 2018 at 13:33:43 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
where are the best leverage points in making the D language
more successful.
I'm still internalizing the article and thinking about how it
applies to the "D system", but I've always thought facilitating
the
On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 at 13:17:00 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 03:57:10 UTC, John Carter wrote:
* Choice. ie. Programmers _want_ to use it, not are
constrained to use it.
* For programming activity, not new projects. ie. The era of
vast tracts of green field
On Wednesday, 22 August 2018 at 13:28:37 UTC, Kagamin wrote:
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 08:31:15 UTC, Dave Jones wrote:
That's what Im trying to say. Im sure posts like that are
popular within the D community but they are not going to make
much headway bringing new users in.
We had "D
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 08:31:15 UTC, Dave Jones wrote:
That's what Im trying to say. Im sure posts like that are
popular within the D community but they are not going to make
much headway bringing new users in.
We had "D parser smokes the competition" posts.
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 03:57:10 UTC, John Carter wrote:
* Choice. ie. Programmers _want_ to use it, not are constrained
to use it.
* For programming activity, not new projects. ie. The era of
vast tracts of green field programming is long gone. We're
mostly in the era tinker toys and
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 08:31:15 UTC, Dave Jones wrote:
n production.
Im not trying to be negative but if Nim or Rust released a blog
post saying "We made find faster" is it going to get you to try
them out? Is it enough of an enticement to get over you
preconceptions about those
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 12:26:25 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 11:55:33 UTC, Joakim wrote:
Finally, regarding leverage, I keep pointing out that mobile
has seen a resurgence of AoT-compiled native languages, but
nobody seems to be trying D out in that fertile
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 08:31:15 UTC, Dave Jones wrote:
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 03:04:30 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 19:52:44 UTC, Dave Jones wrote:
What you need a blog post saying the GC has been made 4x
faster. Stuff like that, hey we made D much better
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 11:55:33 UTC, Joakim wrote:
"So how do you change paradigms? Thomas Kuhn, who wrote the
seminal book about the great paradigm shifts of science, has
a lot to say about that. In a nutshell, you keep pointing at
the anomalies and failures in the old paradigm, you
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 04:46:35 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 18:49:53 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Saturday, 18 August 2018 at 13:33:43 UTC, Andrei
Alexandrescu wrote:
A friend recommended this article:
On Monday, 20 August 2018 at 03:04:30 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 19:52:44 UTC, Dave Jones wrote:
What you need a blog post saying the GC has been made 4x
faster. Stuff like that, hey we made D much better now, not
stuff about some corporate user who does targeted
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 18:49:53 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Saturday, 18 August 2018 at 13:33:43 UTC, Andrei
Alexandrescu wrote:
A friend recommended this article:
http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/
I found it awesome and would recommend to
On Saturday, 18 August 2018 at 22:20:57 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 8/18/2018 9:59 AM, Jonathan Marler wrote:
In your mind, what defines the D language's level of success?
It no longer needs me or Andrei.
I think that is a pretty weak measure.
Stroustrup and Matsumoto are still actively
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 19:52:44 UTC, Dave Jones wrote:
What you need a blog post saying the GC has been made 4x
faster. Stuff like that, hey we made D much better now, not
stuff about some corporate user who does targeted advertising.
If you look through the blog, you'll find posts
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 21:59:15 UTC, Guillaume Piolat wrote:
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 19:52:44 UTC, Dave Jones wrote:
I'm of the complete opposite opinion.
Everyone like to make money, especially more than the industry
average; and we should push the narrative that using D lets
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 19:52:44 UTC, Dave Jones wrote:
Stuff like that, hey we made D much better now, not stuff about
some corporate user who does targeted advertising.
I'm of the complete opposite opinion.
Everyone like to make money, especially more than the industry
average; and we
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 19:11:03 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 18:49:53 UTC, Joakim wrote:
they got their team trained up on D. We could stand to talk
more about Sociomantic, D's biggest corporate success so far,
I'll put out an email to Don.
I've got a series
On Sunday, 19 August 2018 at 18:49:53 UTC, Joakim wrote:
they got their team trained up on D. We could stand to talk
more about Sociomantic, D's biggest corporate success so far,
I'll put out an email to Don.
I've got a series on Sociomantic in the works for the blog.
On Saturday, 18 August 2018 at 13:33:43 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
A friend recommended this article:
http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/
I found it awesome and would recommend to anyone in this
community. Worth a close read - no skimming,
On 20/08/2018 1:51 AM, Jonathan Marler wrote:
On Saturday, 18 August 2018 at 22:20:57 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 8/18/2018 9:59 AM, Jonathan Marler wrote:
In your mind, what defines the D language's level of success?
It no longer needs me or Andrei.
Yes, I think this state would be a
On Saturday, 18 August 2018 at 22:20:57 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
On 8/18/2018 9:59 AM, Jonathan Marler wrote:
In your mind, what defines the D language's level of success?
It no longer needs me or Andrei.
Yes, I think this state would be a good indicator of success.
This requires
On 8/18/2018 9:59 AM, Jonathan Marler wrote:
In your mind, what defines the D language's level of success?
It no longer needs me or Andrei.
On Saturday, 18 August 2018 at 13:33:43 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
A friend recommended this article:
http://donellameadows.org/archives/leverage-points-places-to-intervene-in-a-system/
I found it awesome and would recommend to anyone in this
community. Worth a close read - no skimming,
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