• Walter (21/21) Mar 18 2004 Just got back. I can sum up in one word - Wow! I sure did have a good ti...
• Phill (10/31) Mar 18 2004 Well done!
• Ant (4/5) Mar 18 2004 I thought I had nothing to say but I do:
• Matthew (10/31) Mar 19 2004 You've made a big splash with the C++ notables. They're all raving about...
• Walter (5/7) Mar 19 2004 it,
• Mark T (7/11) Mar 19 2004 Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)
• Walter (8/20) Mar 19 2004 (I
• Andrew Edwards (8/31) Mar 19 2004 I wouldn't mind catching a glimps of the viewfoils: just to get the "fee...
• Jan Knepper (11/38) Mar 19 2004 Well, Seeing what happened on conferences I went to years ago I probably...
• Matthew (5/26) Mar 19 2004 powerpoint
• Andrew Edwards (4/8) Mar 19 2004 I've been asking for this so long, I would probably mug the publisher to...
• Phill (3/11) Mar 19 2004 LOL
• Phill (8/20) Mar 19 2004 (I
• Walter (11/23) Mar 19 2004 (I
• J C Calvarese (18/26) Mar 19 2004 I'm curious to see what the handwritten slides look like.
• Walter (3/5) Mar 19 2004 LOL

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

Just got back. I can sum up in one word - Wow! I sure did have a good time.
There was a large cross section of who's who in C++ there teaching seminars
that I got to talk to, including Bjarne Stroustrup, Scott Meyers, Andrei
Alexandrescu, Bruce Eckel, Chuck Allison, Ken Puch, Dan Saks, Herb Sutter,
Bill Venners, Allen Holub, Richard Hale Shaw, and Leor Zolman.

I presented a tutorial on D, and was rewarded with a packed SRO house. I
think many of the attendees were surprised at the level of interest in D!
Lots of insightful questions got asked during the tutorial, which means that
D is readilly understandable by anyone with a good grasp of C++ (or that the
people attending were really smart, which I think is also true).

The tutorial was preceded and succeeded by many bull sessions with various
people talking about D's potential and ideas for it. The language clearly
has struck a responsive chord in the C++ community, we're on the right track
and so it's full speed ahead!

I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in (I
was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint
<g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

But it's good to be back, and my inbox is filled with the usual email, spam
and viruses <g>.

-Walter

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

Well done!

Phill.

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote in message
news:c3dafh$24f6$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Just got back. I can sum up in one word - Wow! I sure did have a good

time.
 There was a large cross section of who's who in C++ there teaching

seminars
 that I got to talk to, including Bjarne Stroustrup, Scott Meyers, Andrei
 Alexandrescu, Bruce Eckel, Chuck Allison, Ken Puch, Dan Saks, Herb Sutter,
 Bill Venners, Allen Holub, Richard Hale Shaw, and Leor Zolman.

 I presented a tutorial on D, and was rewarded with a packed SRO house. I
 think many of the attendees were surprised at the level of interest in D!
 Lots of insightful questions got asked during the tutorial, which means

that
 D is readilly understandable by anyone with a good grasp of C++ (or that

the
 people attending were really smart, which I think is also true).

 The tutorial was preceded and succeeded by many bull sessions with various
 people talking about D's potential and ideas for it. The language clearly
 has struck a responsive chord in the C++ community, we're on the right

track
 and so it's full speed ahead!

 I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in (I
 was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint
 <g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
 better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

 But it's good to be back, and my inbox is filled with the usual email,

spam
 and viruses <g>.

 -Walter

Ant <duitoolkit yahoo.ca> writes:

On Thu, 18 Mar 2004 15:09:41 -0800, Walter wrote:

 Just got back. I can sum up in one word - Wow!

I thought I had nothing to say but I do:

congratulations!

Ant

"Matthew" <matthew stlsoft.org> writes:

You've made a big splash with the C++ notables. They're all raving about it,
especially Leor Zolman, who has now made an STLFilt for DMC++, I understand

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote in message
news:c3dafh$24f6$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Just got back. I can sum up in one word - Wow! I sure did have a good

time.
 There was a large cross section of who's who in C++ there teaching

seminars
 that I got to talk to, including Bjarne Stroustrup, Scott Meyers, Andrei
 Alexandrescu, Bruce Eckel, Chuck Allison, Ken Puch, Dan Saks, Herb Sutter,
 Bill Venners, Allen Holub, Richard Hale Shaw, and Leor Zolman.

 I presented a tutorial on D, and was rewarded with a packed SRO house. I
 think many of the attendees were surprised at the level of interest in D!
 Lots of insightful questions got asked during the tutorial, which means

that
 D is readilly understandable by anyone with a good grasp of C++ (or that

the
 people attending were really smart, which I think is also true).

 The tutorial was preceded and succeeded by many bull sessions with various
 people talking about D's potential and ideas for it. The language clearly
 has struck a responsive chord in the C++ community, we're on the right

track
 and so it's full speed ahead!

 I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in (I
 was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint
 <g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
 better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

 But it's good to be back, and my inbox is filled with the usual email,

spam
 and viruses <g>.

 -Walter

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Matthew" <matthew stlsoft.org> wrote in message
news:c3eebs$11d5$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 You've made a big splash with the C++ notables. They're all raving about

it,
 especially Leor Zolman, who has now made an STLFilt for DMC++, I

understand

I couldn't have asked for a better reception than I got at sdwest.

Mark T <Mark_member pathlink.com> writes:

In article <c3dafh$24f6$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in (I
was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint
<g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)
you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see them in
their original form

tangent:
You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would buy it
in a second 

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Mark T" <Mark_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:c3fhq6$2tnv$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 In article <c3dafh$24f6$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in


(I
was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint
<g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

 Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)

There were a bunch of jokes about that.

 you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see them

in
 their original form

Anyone else prefer scans to text?

 tangent:
 You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would

buy it
 in a second

Hear that, Matthew? <g>

Andrew Edwards <remove_ridimz remove_yahoo.com> writes:

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 12:48:41 -0800, Walter <walter digitalmars.com> wrote:

 "Mark T" <Mark_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
 news:c3fhq6$2tnv$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 In article <c3dafh$24f6$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in


 (I
was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of 

 powerpoint
<g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

 Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)

 There were a bunch of jokes about that.

 you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see 
 them

 in
 their original form

 Anyone else prefer scans to text?

I wouldn't mind catching a glimps of the viewfoils: just to get the "feel" 
of what we missed out on. I do believe, however, that there was alot more 
info was passed than could have been expressed with the viewfoils alone. I 
think some of that will make it into the translation, so I'll opt for the 
text.

 tangent:
 You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would

 buy it
 in a second

 Hear that, Matthew? <g>



-- 
Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/

Jan Knepper <jan smartsoft.us> writes:

Walter wrote:
I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in


 
 (I
 
was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint
<g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)



Well, Seeing what happened on conferences I went to years ago I probably 
would have done the same thing...
On the otherside... I would refuse to use Power Point as much as I 
refuse to use Outlook (Express) ;-)

Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)

 
 There were a bunch of jokes about that.
 
you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see them

 
 in
 
their original form

 
 
 Anyone else prefer scans to text?

Yes! I definitely would like to see copy's of the originals in a PDF. Do 
you have a PDF writer?

tangent:
You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would

 
 buy it
 
in a second

 
 Hear that, Matthew? <g>


-- 
ManiaC++
Jan Knepper

But as for me and my household, we shall use Mozilla... www.mozilla.org

"Matthew" <matthew stlsoft.org> writes:

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> wrote in message
news:c3fmqo$503$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 "Mark T" <Mark_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
 news:c3fhq6$2tnv$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 In article <c3dafh$24f6$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in


 (I
was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of



powerpoint
<g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

 Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)

 There were a bunch of jokes about that.

 you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see


them
 in
 their original form

 Anyone else prefer scans to text?

 tangent:
 You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would

 buy it
 in a second

 Hear that, Matthew? <g>

As you know, I'm working on getting this actioned.

Andrew Edwards <remove_ridimz remove_yahoo.com> writes:

On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 19:31:18 +0000 (UTC), Mark T 
<Mark_member pathlink.com> wrote:

 tangent:
 You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would 
 buy it
 in a second

I've been asking for this so long, I would probably mug the publisher to 
get a hold of it.

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

LOL


"Andrew Edwards" <remove_ridimz remove_yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:opr44n1pzns6zaqn news.digitalmars.com...
 On Fri, 19 Mar 2004 19:31:18 +0000 (UTC), Mark T
 <Mark_member pathlink.com> wrote:

 tangent:
 You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would
 buy it
 in a second

 I've been asking for this so long, I would probably mug the publisher to
 get a hold of it.

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

"Mark T" <Mark_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:c3fhq6$2tnv$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 In article <c3dafh$24f6$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in


(I
was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint
<g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

 Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)
 you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see them

in
 their original form

I would love to see them as well!

 tangent:
 You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would

buy it
 in a second

and I would also buy it :o))

Phill.

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"Mark T" <Mark_member pathlink.com> wrote in message
news:c3fhq6$2tnv$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 In article <c3dafh$24f6$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Walter says...
I'll be putting the tutorial notes up later today, after I type them in


(I
was the only presenter using handwritten viewfoils instead of powerpoint
<g>. Many people came up to me later and said they liked the viewfoils
better, as powerpoint slides tend to be a bit sterile.)

 Wow - They probably had to search around for the overhead projector :)

There were a bunch of jokes about that.

 you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see them

in
 their original form

Anyone else prefer scans to text? I've thought that since some people really
prefer the handwritten version, that when I'm forced to do it with slides in
the future, that maybe I should scan them in instead of editting in
powerpoint.

 tangent:
 You should collaborate with Matthew on "D in a Nutshell" book,  I would

buy it
 in a second

Hear that, Matthew? <g>

J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:

Walter wrote:
[...]
you should scan them to pdf if possible (ask a friend) so we can see them
in their original form

 
 
 Anyone else prefer scans to text? I've thought that since some people really
 prefer the handwritten version, that when I'm forced to do it with slides in
 the future, that maybe I should scan them in instead of editting in
 powerpoint.

I'm curious to see what the handwritten slides look like.

If the powerpoint slides would just be digital versions of your 
handwritten notes, it could be a big waste of time to type them in.


I don't have anything against Powerpoint, but I've seen too many poor 
presentations by people using Powerpoint. I think some people use 
powerpoint as a crutch. Instead of providing good content, they provide 
only a flashy presentation. The content is essential.


It sounds like your presentation had terrific content with a nostalgic 
presentation. Often, Powerpoint presentations look the same. Everyone's 
presentations look like everyone else's. The content is the important 
part so you might just want to go with what's easiest for you.

This topic reminds me of the Powerpoint version of the Gettysburg 
Address (http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/).

-- 
Justin
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"J C Calvarese" <jcc7 cox.net> wrote in message
news:c3fsg7$eeb$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 This topic reminds me of the Powerpoint version of the Gettysburg
 Address (http://norvig.com/Gettysburg/).

LOL