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digitalmars.D - "Ideal computer language from scratch?" thread on alt.lang.asm

reply "Lynn Allan" <l_d_allan adelphia.net> writes:
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.lang.asm/browse_thread/thread/1c1589d058189e48/890a7aa37038445b

There were some interesting posts .... something like compiled java
was mentioned several times.

(but several posts got pretty abrasive .... makes me appreciate the
civility of this n.g.)

It didn't seem like the participants were particularly aware of dbc
and unit-testing
Feb 22 2006
parent reply Georg Wrede <georg.wrede nospam.org> writes:
In general, the less the participants know, and/or the younger they are, 
the more "interesting" and "lively" the discussions tend to become.

Often one can find really fresh ideas in such, but the signal to noise 
ratio (sadly) makes the threads unfollowable for grown-up and/or busy folks.


Lynn Allan wrote:

 http://groups.google.com/group/alt.lang.asm/browse_thread/thread/1c1589d058189e48/890a7aa37038445b
 
 There were some interesting posts .... something like compiled java
 was mentioned several times.
 
 (but several posts got pretty abrasive .... makes me appreciate the
 civility of this n.g.)
 
 It didn't seem like the participants were particularly aware of dbc
 and unit-testing
Feb 23 2006
parent James Dunne <james.jdunne gmail.com> writes:
Georg Wrede wrote:

 In general, the less the participants know, and/or the younger they are, 
 the more "interesting" and "lively" the discussions tend to become.
 
 Often one can find really fresh ideas in such, but the signal to noise 
 ratio (sadly) makes the threads unfollowable for grown-up and/or busy 
 folks.
 
 
 Lynn Allan wrote:
 

 http://groups.google.com/group/alt.lang.asm/browse_thread/thread/1c1589d058189
48/890a7aa37038445b 


 There were some interesting posts .... something like compiled java
 was mentioned several times.

 (but several posts got pretty abrasive .... makes me appreciate the
 civility of this n.g.)

 It didn't seem like the participants were particularly aware of dbc
 and unit-testing




Hey, I'm 23 and don't raise that much hell. =P

Yeah, what can we do to raise the signal to noise ratio on the internet? 
  I could start by not posting this...

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James Dunne
Feb 23 2006