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Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Now that's funny!!! 
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Quote: all the interesting people will be there
Wasn't this Dave Allen's[^] theory? I miss his stories.
- I would love to change the world, but they won’t give me the source code.
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I don't think it originated with him,. but it's certainly something he would have said!
Pity he insisted on a contract clause limiting his shows to just one repeat - I'd love to see all his stuff again.
Finest stand-up (or sit-down) comedian I have ever seen (or heard).
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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If you plan to go, and enjoy blues music, going in early September might be a good idea:
http://www.bluesinhell.no/[^]
If you rather would like to see it freeze over, you might rather go in January. It is close to the fjord, and when weather is bad (extremely humid and ice cold), everything might be covered by half an inch of soldid ice
Freezing over[^]
You might have guessed that the name of the place does not mean the same in Norwegian as in English (it is related to "hill", but it is not as steep as a hill), but the guys up there sure puts a lot of effort marketing the place based on the English interpretation. The most popular Norwegian post cards of all times is the one from the railroad station, the cargo (or in Norwegian: gods) handling office, with a large sign declaring: "H*** Gods Expedition".
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I'd go straight to double-D myself.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I already programmed in E. I don't know if it exists yet, but it existed in Amiga.
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I was convinced that in US schools, you used A to D and F, no E. Has that changed?
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I didn't study in US schools, as I am Brazilian. And I used E by myself when I was 12-14 years old.
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Hang on ... wouldn't H sound to close to being an evolution of Haskell? Especially H++?
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H++ sounds like your great grandma.
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For programmers who want the D...
I ain't judging 
It's an OO world.
public class SanderRossel : Lazy<Person>
{
public void DoWork()
{
throw new NotSupportedException();
}
}
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It looks to be literally as well as alphabetically somewhere between C++ and F# (or Haskell).
I can't see a genuinely unique proposition though - so I'm thinking hobby material rather than astute career bet.
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Wow, that article told me nothing.
Marc
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Which is why I was curious. The final paragraph of the article "Certainly, D still faces a long road to success. But this new language has already come further than most." caught my attention.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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There are links in the article to the author's book on Amazon and from that you can find out that D1 (or D) has been superseded by D2 which includes "ranges" which are like iterators but different.
This page[^] is probably a much better starting point.
However - any language that includes imaginary numbers [^]as a basic data type is pretty wacky 
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I had some interest back about ten years ago, but C# suits me better. I think its target audience is C++ developers, so it's unlikely to take off.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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Its just a stepping stone for other abilities that will be places into older languages such as C++
C# was thought to replace C++, and so was a lot of other potential languages, but that didn't happen even when the desire to program in the language dipped down, since 2010 C++ has shown such advancement that people have gone back to using that language.
If you have the mind power for it - learn it - adapt your styles to it and move on
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Nice.
There are new languages all the time. Wired wrote a small piece: looked interesting; didn't recall D before that. Oh well: another waste of time. Stick to the money makers.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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mark merrens wrote: Stick to the money makers
Shake 'em if you got 'em.
You'll never get very far if all you do is follow instructions.
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I recall Dr. Dobbs Journal pimping Db (D-flat) a loooonnngggg time ago. Is this a relative?
Will Rogers never met me.
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According to the original BCPL sequence, the next big programming language should be P. (try saying P++ several times fast)
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An acquaintance of mine keeps trying it (and Go) at least one a year before getting fed up with one thing or another and going back to Python.
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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D is not a very good grade.
C is better and C++ even better.
I don't want to bost but I once got an A.
A for Assemble on a BBC Micro, but have now sliped down to a grade B. (B for Basic) or is it a grade VB (Visual Basic)
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