• Walter (2/2) Mar 13 2004 I'm leaving for SDWest tomorrow, so won't be active here for a few days....
• John Reimer (3/5) Mar 13 2004 Wow the crowd, Walter! I wish I could be there.
• Walter (4/9) Mar 13 2004 For
• C (7/20) Mar 14 2004 That stinks :S. Id definetly like to see it also.
• Mark T (2/4) Mar 14 2004 good luck - maybe someone attending could give this forum a summary.
• Brad Anderson (2/5) Mar 14 2004 Will do...
• John Reimer (3/9) Mar 14 2004 Arghhh!!
• Andrew (2/7) Mar 16 2004 Suggest that this be done in the form of a Slashdot posting.
• Brad Anderson (27/30) Mar 18 2004 Walter's presentation at SDWest went quite well. It was in one of the u...
• J Anderson (4/37) Mar 18 2004 I'm sure everyone will agree, thanks for posting. I really appreciate
• Phill (20/50) Mar 18 2004 All I can say is, you lucky bastard!(for being present)
• John Reimer (4/4) Mar 20 2004 This was a particularly well-written review (as was Walters, but we get ...

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

I'm leaving for SDWest tomorrow, so won't be active here for a few days. For
those that also will be at SDWest, see you there! -Walter

John Reimer <jjreimer telus.net> writes:

On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:31:47 -0800, Walter wrote:

 I'm leaving for SDWest tomorrow, so won't be active here for a few days. For
 those that also will be at SDWest, see you there! -Walter

Wow the crowd, Walter! I wish I could be there.

Is there going to be a audio or video recording of your presentation?

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"John Reimer" <jjreimer telus.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.03.13.22.43.54.486530 telus.net...
 On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:31:47 -0800, Walter wrote:

 I'm leaving for SDWest tomorrow, so won't be active here for a few days.


For
 those that also will be at SDWest, see you there! -Walter

 Wow the crowd, Walter! I wish I could be there.

 Is there going to be a audio or video recording of your presentation?

I doubt it, I didn't see anything about that in the stuff SDWest sent me.

C <dont respond.com> writes:

That stinks :S.  Id definetly like to see it also.

C
On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 15:36:47 -0800, Walter <walter digitalmars.com> wrot=
e:

 "John Reimer" <jjreimer telus.net> wrote in message
 news:pan.2004.03.13.22.43.54.486530 telus.net...
 On Sat, 13 Mar 2004 14:31:47 -0800, Walter wrote:

 I'm leaving for SDWest tomorrow, so won't be active here for a few =



 days.

 For
 those that also will be at SDWest, see you there! -Walter

 Wow the crowd, Walter! I wish I could be there.

 Is there going to be a audio or video recording of your presentation?=


 I doubt it, I didn't see anything about that in the stuff SDWest sent =

me.



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Mark T <Mark_member pathlink.com> writes:

In article <c3024p$uqk$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
I'm leaving for SDWest tomorrow, so won't be active here for a few days. For
those that also will be at SDWest, see you there! -Walter

good luck - maybe someone attending could give this forum a summary.

Brad Anderson <brad sankaty.dot.com> writes:

Mark T wrote:
 
 maybe someone attending could give this forum a summary.
 

Will do...

John Reimer <jjreimer telus.net> writes:

On Sun, 14 Mar 2004 19:13:50 -0600, Brad Anderson wrote:

 Mark T wrote:
 
 maybe someone attending could give this forum a summary.
 

 
 Will do...

Arghhh!! 

Sorry just venting some jealousy ;-).

Andrew <Andrew_member pathlink.com> writes:

In article <c32vv6$2los$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Brad Anderson says...
Mark T wrote:
 
 maybe someone attending could give this forum a summary.
 

Will do...

Suggest that this be done in the form of a Slashdot posting.

Brad Anderson <brad sankaty.dot.com> writes:

Mark T wrote:

 
 good luck - maybe someone attending could give this forum a summary.
 

Walter's presentation at SDWest went quite well.  It was in one of the upstairs 
rooms, smaller than the ballroom salons.  Walter knew there was a lot of 
content, so he started early, and that was fine with the already full room.  As 
more people came into the room, it was standing-room-only, even after more 
chairs were brought in.

Evidently, Walter doesn't care for Powerpoint because he went old-school on us. 
  Hand-written transparencies - this guy is a throw-back...

I felt like the first half-hour consisted of the people who were in attendance 
to throw stones at YAPL.  Once Walter sufficiently mowed them down with reason, 
facts, examples, and experience, the other hour went very smoothly.

He was constantly peppered with questions by Bruce Eckel, Chuck Allison, and a 
few others.  Almost all answers were met with Walter's reasons for doing things 
as well as the results of spirited discussions in this NG for the past few 
years.  A few questions represented some of the current issues being kicked 
around in the NG and that they were pending.

Some of the slides, upon being posted on the screen, drew out-loud "a-ha" and 
"of course" and "it's so simple" comments.  Not mumbled, but out loud for the 
entire room.  Those not commenting out loud were consistently nodding their 
heads in approval.  It was an advanced C++ crowd mostly, and I would say that 
they were completely wowed by Walter's efforts with D.

There wasn't enough time for all of the slides, but a good 15-20 people stayed 
around afterwards to see them, delaying a free lunch.

I thought it was a tremendous success in a crowd of harsh critics that were won 
over.  I don't know if there were enough people there to have traffic spike on 
the NG/WWW, but some influential programmers left with a very good impression
of D.

BA

J Anderson <REMOVEanderson badmama.com.au> writes:

Brad Anderson wrote:

 Mark T wrote:

 good luck - maybe someone attending could give this forum a summary.


 Walter's presentation at SDWest went quite well.  It was in one of the 
 upstairs rooms, smaller than the ballroom salons.  Walter knew there 
 was a lot of content, so he started early, and that was fine with the 
 already full room.  As more people came into the room, it was 
 standing-room-only, even after more chairs were brought in.

 Evidently, Walter doesn't care for Powerpoint because he went 
 old-school on us.  Hand-written transparencies - this guy is a 
 throw-back...

 I felt like the first half-hour consisted of the people who were in 
 attendance to throw stones at YAPL.  Once Walter sufficiently mowed 
 them down with reason, facts, examples, and experience, the other hour 
 went very smoothly.

 He was constantly peppered with questions by Bruce Eckel, Chuck 
 Allison, and a few others.  Almost all answers were met with Walter's 
 reasons for doing things as well as the results of spirited 
 discussions in this NG for the past few years.  A few questions 
 represented some of the current issues being kicked around in the NG 
 and that they were pending.

 Some of the slides, upon being posted on the screen, drew out-loud 
 "a-ha" and "of course" and "it's so simple" comments.  Not mumbled, 
 but out loud for the entire room.  Those not commenting out loud were 
 consistently nodding their heads in approval.  It was an advanced C++ 
 crowd mostly, and I would say that they were completely wowed by 
 Walter's efforts with D.

 There wasn't enough time for all of the slides, but a good 15-20 
 people stayed around afterwards to see them, delaying a free lunch.

 I thought it was a tremendous success in a crowd of harsh critics that 
 were won over.  I don't know if there were enough people there to have 
 traffic spike on the NG/WWW, but some influential programmers left 
 with a very good impression of D.

 BA

I'm sure everyone will agree, thanks for posting.  I really appreciate 
your third person view!

This should be a keeper along with Walters one of course.

"Phill" <phill pacific.net.au> writes:

All I can say is, you lucky bastard!(for being present)

Phill.


"Brad Anderson" <brad sankaty.dot.com> wrote in message
news:c3d91s$21or$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Mark T wrote:

 good luck - maybe someone attending could give this forum a summary.

 Walter's presentation at SDWest went quite well.  It was in one of the

upstairs
 rooms, smaller than the ballroom salons.  Walter knew there was a lot of
 content, so he started early, and that was fine with the already full

room.  As
 more people came into the room, it was standing-room-only, even after more
 chairs were brought in.

 Evidently, Walter doesn't care for Powerpoint because he went old-school

on us.
   Hand-written transparencies - this guy is a throw-back...

 I felt like the first half-hour consisted of the people who were in

attendance
 to throw stones at YAPL.  Once Walter sufficiently mowed them down with

reason,
 facts, examples, and experience, the other hour went very smoothly.

 He was constantly peppered with questions by Bruce Eckel, Chuck Allison,

and a
 few others.  Almost all answers were met with Walter's reasons for doing

things
 as well as the results of spirited discussions in this NG for the past few
 years.  A few questions represented some of the current issues being

kicked
 around in the NG and that they were pending.

 Some of the slides, upon being posted on the screen, drew out-loud "a-ha"

and
 "of course" and "it's so simple" comments.  Not mumbled, but out loud for

the
 entire room.  Those not commenting out loud were consistently nodding

their
 heads in approval.  It was an advanced C++ crowd mostly, and I would say

that
 they were completely wowed by Walter's efforts with D.

 There wasn't enough time for all of the slides, but a good 15-20 people

stayed
 around afterwards to see them, delaying a free lunch.

 I thought it was a tremendous success in a crowd of harsh critics that

were won
 over.  I don't know if there were enough people there to have traffic

spike on
 the NG/WWW, but some influential programmers left with a very good

impression of D.
 BA

John Reimer <jjreimer telus.net> writes:

This was a particularly well-written review (as was Walters, but we get it
from the crowd's perspective in this one).

Thanks Brad,

John