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reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a 
conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei
Nov 17 2015
next sibling parent reply Andy Smith <andyrsmith googlemail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Herb Sutter?
Nov 17 2015
parent reply deadalnix <deadalnix gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 19:27:13 UTC, Andy Smith wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! 
 -- Andrei


 Herb Sutter?


"C++ has zero cost abstraction. It also invented the Moon and 
modern chemistry."
Nov 17 2015
parent reply Andy Smith <andyrsmith googlemail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 19:28:24 UTC, deadalnix wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 19:27:13 UTC, Andy Smith wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with 
 ideas! -- Andrei


 Herb Sutter?


 "C++ has zero cost abstraction. It also invented the Moon and 
 modern chemistry."


Getting subtle vibes that's a 'no' from Amaury :-)

A.
Nov 17 2015
parent deadalnix <deadalnix gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 19:30:51 UTC, Andy Smith wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 19:28:24 UTC, deadalnix wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 19:27:13 UTC, Andy Smith wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with 
 ideas! -- Andrei


 Herb Sutter?


 "C++ has zero cost abstraction. It also invented the Moon and 
 modern chemistry."


 Getting subtle vibes that's a 'no' from Amaury :-)

 A.


Ok to clarify a bit, I actually think Herb does a lot of really 
good work. But the sales pitch that come with it kind of grind my 
gears.
Nov 17 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Gary Willoughby <dev nomad.so> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


It may seem a little left-field but what about someone like 
Jonathan Blow? The guy has obviously evaluated D for games 
programming and subsequently decided that it is not suitable for 
him, but his insight could be valuable and a talk about D 
interesting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9VCN6UkyQ&t=8m35s
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2kxi89/jonathan_blow_a_programming_language_for_games/
https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow
Nov 17 2015
parent reply Andy Smith <andyrsmith googlemail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 19:47:04 UTC, Gary Willoughby 
wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! 
 -- Andrei


 It may seem a little left-field but what about someone like 
 Jonathan Blow? The guy has obviously evaluated D for games 
 programming and subsequently decided that it is not suitable 
 for him, but his insight could be valuable and a talk about D 
 interesting.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9VCN6UkyQ&t=8m35s
 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2kxi89/jonathan_blow_a_programming_language_for_games/
 https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow


Hahah +1 Gary! I was considering suggesting him as well but my 
first suggestion bombed a little. John Carmac has made some 
positive comments about D - he'd be a bit of a coup ...
Nov 17 2015
parent reply Meta <jared771 gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 19:49:42 UTC, Andy Smith wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 19:47:04 UTC, Gary Willoughby 
 wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with 
 ideas! -- Andrei


 It may seem a little left-field but what about someone like 
 Jonathan Blow? The guy has obviously evaluated D for games 
 programming and subsequently decided that it is not suitable 
 for him, but his insight could be valuable and a talk about D 
 interesting.

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9VCN6UkyQ&t=8m35s
 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2kxi89/jonathan_blow_a_programming_language_for_games/
 https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow


 Hahah +1 Gary! I was considering suggesting him as well but my 
 first suggestion bombed a little. John Carmac has made some 
 positive comments about D - he'd be a bit of a coup ...


John Carmack would be an amazing speaker; I love listening to his 
Quakecon/Oculus Connect talks. Problem is he can go for hours on 
end and routinely goes way over time. Also he's busy building the 
foundation for an entire new paradigm in entertainment.
Nov 17 2015
parent reply Saurabh Das <saurabh.das gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 20:20:22 UTC, Meta wrote:

 John Carmack would be an amazing speaker; I love listening to 
 his Quakecon/Oculus Connect talks. Problem is he can go for 
 hours on end and routinely goes way over time. Also he's busy 
 building the foundation for an entire new paradigm in 
 entertainment.


+1 - John Carmack has my vote too.
Nov 17 2015
parent reply Andrea Fontana <nospam example.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 04:29:29 UTC, Saurabh Das wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 20:20:22 UTC, Meta wrote:

 John Carmack would be an amazing speaker; I love listening to 
 his Quakecon/Oculus Connect talks. Problem is he can go for 
 hours on end and routinely goes way over time. Also he's busy 
 building the foundation for an entire new paradigm in 
 entertainment.


 +1 - John Carmack has my vote too.


+1 for Carmack
+1 for Fabrice Bellard
Nov 19 2015
parent reply Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 19 November 2015 at 10:34:09 UTC, Andrea Fontana 
wrote:

 On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 04:29:29 UTC, Saurabh Das 
 wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 20:20:22 UTC, Meta wrote:

 John Carmack would be an amazing speaker; I love listening to 
 his Quakecon/Oculus Connect talks. Problem is he can go for 
 hours on end and routinely goes way over time. Also he's busy 
 building the foundation for an entire new paradigm in 
 entertainment.


 +1 - John Carmack has my vote too.


 +1 for Carmack


+1 for Carmack

+1 for Tim Sweeney as a 2nd choice.
Nov 19 2015
parent mattcoder <stop spam.com> writes:
On Thursday, 19 November 2015 at 13:10:18 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

 On Thursday, 19 November 2015 at 10:34:09 UTC, Andrea Fontana 
 wrote:

 On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 04:29:29 UTC, Saurabh Das 
 wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 20:20:22 UTC, Meta wrote:

 John Carmack would be an amazing speaker; I love listening 
 to his Quakecon/Oculus Connect talks. Problem is he can go 
 for hours on end and routinely goes way over time. Also he's 
 busy building the foundation for an entire new paradigm in 
 entertainment.


 +1 - John Carmack has my vote too.


 +1 for Carmack


 +1 for Carmack

 +1 for Tim Sweeney as a 2nd choice.


I think those talks would be great to listening and to gather 
newcomers.

I'm pretty sure if John Carmack accepted this invitation, he 
would take a look over the language and share his thoughts.

Matheus.
Nov 19 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Olivier Pisano <olivier.pisano laposte.net> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Erik Meijer?
Nov 17 2015
next sibling parent deadalnix <deadalnix gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 20:22:28 UTC, Olivier Pisano 
wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! 
 -- Andrei


 Erik Meijer?


<3
Nov 17 2015
prev sibling parent Lucien Janvier <lulu meh.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 20:22:28 UTC, Olivier Pisano 
wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! 
 -- Andrei


 Erik Meijer?


+1, but FP programming is not D.

Why not Heckman (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=061AFej_cHs), 
he's a successuflull programmer in a domain that's not just 
JS/PHP/database. He's a star in the audio programming field. And 
his company is in Berlin.
Nov 18 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent bachmeier <no spam.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Steve Yegge
Nov 17 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent ponce <contact gamesfrommars.fr> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Fabrice Bellard is a programming star that never ever gives 
talks. But it would probably be interesting.
Nov 17 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent rsw0x <anonymous anonymous.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


I know Bartosz Milewski was once involved in D2's design, it 
would be interesting to see what he thinks of D now. I'm not sure 
what other people think of him, but I'd personally regard him as 
a "industry luminary."

Bye.
Nov 17 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent deadalnix <deadalnix gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


I know Kent has some interest in D (I did some pair programming 
with him to teach him the basics). It may be worth asking him.
Nov 17 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply bitwise <bitwise.pvt gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Chandler Carruth
Nov 17 2015
parent Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:
On 2015-11-17 23:19, bitwise wrote:


 Chandler Carruth


+1. My favorite speaker.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg
Nov 18 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:
On 18/11/15 7:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a
 conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Markus Perrson - Notch.
No idea if we can get him or not. But he is pretty notable!

Alternatively Michael Garbage - livecoding.tv CEO.
Give me a shout out, if you want me to enquire!
Nov 17 2015
parent reply Jack Stouffer <jack jackstouffer.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 03:11:34 UTC, Rikki Cattermole 
wrote:

 Alternatively Michael Garbage - livecoding.tv CEO.
 Give me a shout out, if you want me to enquire!


I don't know about that. Recently that company has gotten some 
very bad (and deserved) press in the programming world 
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10486476
Nov 17 2015
parent reply Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:
On 18/11/15 5:07 PM, Jack Stouffer wrote:

 On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 03:11:34 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:

 Alternatively Michael Garbage - livecoding.tv CEO.
 Give me a shout out, if you want me to enquire!


 I don't know about that. Recently that company has gotten some very bad
 (and deserved) press in the programming world
 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10486476


I'm well aware.
I've talked to Michael and I side with him.

It was a combination of misinformation and miscommunication. Actions are 
being taken to prevent such occurrences in the future. Which is the 
correct course of action.
Nov 17 2015
parent Vladimir Panteleev <thecybershadow.lists gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 04:24:59 UTC, Rikki Cattermole 
wrote:

 On 18/11/15 5:07 PM, Jack Stouffer wrote:

 On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 03:11:34 UTC, Rikki 
 Cattermole wrote:

 Alternatively Michael Garbage - livecoding.tv CEO.
 Give me a shout out, if you want me to enquire!


 I don't know about that. Recently that company has gotten some 
 very bad
 (and deserved) press in the programming world
 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10486476


 I'm well aware.
 I've talked to Michael and I side with him.

 It was a combination of misinformation and miscommunication. 
 Actions are being taken to prevent such occurrences in the 
 future. Which is the correct course of action.


Reading the linked thread, with showdead on, makes it very, very 
difficult to believe that.

Regardless of the truth or what anyone thinks is the truth, it 
would be a very bad idea for D to associate with a person which 
the programming community currently believes to be toxic.
Nov 18 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent Jack Stouffer <jack jackstouffer.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


I know it's an extremely long shot but Brian Kernighan. I mean 
why not? Most of the people suggested here don't know anything 
about D, and who wouldn't want to watch that talk?
Nov 17 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:
On 11/17/2015 10:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a
 conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Rob Pike comes to mind. He can tell us about the state of system 
programming languages.

Ali
Nov 17 2015
parent =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:
On 11/17/2015 08:18 PM, Ali Çehreli wrote:

 On 11/17/2015 10:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a
 conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


 Rob Pike comes to mind. He can tell us about the state of system
 programming languages.


For the record, I was joking.

Ali
Nov 21 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent Joakim <dlang joakim.fea.st> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Eric Niebler, I thought he did a good job with his C++ Ranges 
translation of Teoh's calendar example.  Perhaps he has other 
thoughts on D.

Joe Duffy, he recently wrote a blog post on how the Midori 
research project at Microsoft explored some similar terrain as D:

http://joeduffyblog.com/2015/11/03/a-tale-of-three-safeties/

Maybe one of the key Rust architects, as the outside keynote 
speakers so far have been C++ people, but the real competition 
for D right now appears to be Rust, at least in popular 
perception.
Nov 17 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent Arjan <arjan ask.me.to> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Chris Lattner
Howard Hinnant

Bill Joy
Ray Kurzweil
Nov 18 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Frank Fuente <zoo world.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Niklaus Wirth... :-)
Nov 18 2015
next sibling parent reply Paulo Pinto <pjmlp progtools.org> writes:
On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 10:40:47 UTC, Frank Fuente 
wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! 
 -- Andrei


 Niklaus Wirth... :-)


+1 Given his work has been on how to do systems programming with 
memory safe languages.
Nov 18 2015
parent Pradeep Gowda <pradeep btbytes.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 11:49:33 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:

 On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 10:40:47 UTC, Frank Fuente 
 wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with 
 ideas! -- Andrei


 Niklaus Wirth... :-)


 +1 Given his work has been on how to do systems programming 
 with memory safe languages.


+1 to Prof Wirth.
Nov 18 2015
prev sibling parent ponce <contact gamesfrommars.fr> writes:
On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 10:40:47 UTC, Frank Fuente 
wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! 
 -- Andrei


 Niklaus Wirth... :-)


That would be beyond awesome
Nov 18 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Pederator <pederator82 wp.pl> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Russel Winder
Nov 18 2015
parent Mengu <mengukagan gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 18 November 2015 at 16:04:11 UTC, Pederator wrote:

 On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! 
 -- Andrei


 Russel Winder


+1 for Russel.

+1 for Erik Meijer.
Nov 19 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent qznc <qznc web.de> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver 
 a conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


John Carmack or Niklaus Wirth would be my favorites so far, 
although I'd consider the chances low.

Tim Sweeney (Unreal Engine). Obviously he works with C++, but has 
given talks about Haskell for example.

Cliff Click about Garbage Collection would be awesome as well.

 From Rust, there would be the initial creator Graydon Hoare, who 
is not really involved anymore, though. Maybe Steve Klabnik about 
community management and documentation? He does a really good job 
for Rust.

Getting Rich Hickeys opinion on D would be interesting.

Someone who knows a lot about C++ on iOS/Android?
Nov 19 2015
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 11/17/2015 10:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a conference
 keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Maybe someone from JPL who can talk about software on space probes.
Nov 21 2015
parent reply Jeremy DeHaan <dehaan.jeremiah gmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 21 November 2015 at 22:21:48 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:

 On 11/17/2015 10:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference
 keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


 Maybe someone from JPL who can talk about software on space 
 probes.


Sounds like someone just watched The Martian.
Nov 21 2015
parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 11/21/2015 6:32 PM, Jeremy DeHaan wrote:

 On Saturday, 21 November 2015 at 22:21:48 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

 On 11/17/2015 10:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a conference
 keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


 Maybe someone from JPL who can talk about software on space probes.


 Sounds like someone just watched The Martian.


No, I'm waiting for it to appear on dvd.

It comes from 20 years ago I attended a seminar given by the lead on the
Voyager 
project, and his discussion on how they developed the software and fixed bugs
in 
it and drastically improved it while it was traveling was fascinating. For 
example, they figured out how to boost the resolution of the cameras with a 
software improvement.
Nov 21 2015
next sibling parent reply Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:
On Sunday, 22 November 2015 at 07:27:54 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

 On 11/21/2015 6:32 PM, Jeremy DeHaan wrote:

 On Saturday, 21 November 2015 at 22:21:48 UTC, Walter Bright 
 wrote:

 On 11/17/2015 10:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to 
 deliver a conference
 keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


 Maybe someone from JPL who can talk about software on space 
 probes.


 Sounds like someone just watched The Martian.


 No, I'm waiting for it to appear on dvd.

 It comes from 20 years ago I attended a seminar given by the 
 lead on the Voyager project, and his discussion on how they 
 developed the software and fixed bugs in it and drastically 
 improved it while it was traveling was fascinating. For 
 example, they figured out how to boost the resolution of the 
 cameras with a software improvement.


It's going to be a lot harder to find a Voyager engineer now. ;)

http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/27/technology/voyager-nasa/index.html

- Jonathan M Davis
Nov 21 2015
parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 11/21/2015 11:47 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:

 On Sunday, 22 November 2015 at 07:27:54 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

 On 11/21/2015 6:32 PM, Jeremy DeHaan wrote:

 On Saturday, 21 November 2015 at 22:21:48 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

 On 11/17/2015 10:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a conference
 keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


 Maybe someone from JPL who can talk about software on space probes.


 Sounds like someone just watched The Martian.


 No, I'm waiting for it to appear on dvd.

 It comes from 20 years ago I attended a seminar given by the lead on the
 Voyager project, and his discussion on how they developed the software and
 fixed bugs in it and drastically improved it while it was traveling was
 fascinating. For example, they figured out how to boost the resolution of the
 cameras with a software improvement.


 It's going to be a lot harder to find a Voyager engineer now. ;)

 http://money.cnn.com/2015/10/27/technology/voyager-nasa/index.html

 - Jonathan M Davis


Maybe Zottarelli is our man!
Nov 22 2015
prev sibling parent reply Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:
On Sat, 2015-11-21 at 23:28 -0800, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
wrote:

 On 11/21/2015 6:32 PM, Jeremy DeHaan wrote:

 On Saturday, 21 November 2015 at 22:21:48 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

 On 11/17/2015 10:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver
 a conference
 keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


=20
 Maybe someone from JPL who can talk about software on space
 probes.






At PyConUK 2015 earlier this year we got Simon Sheridan from the team
that put some of the sensors on a comet (you know the one :-) to come
and tell us about it and the computing involved.


 Sounds like someone just watched The Martian.


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Obviously these are somewhat history lessons since the devices were
built and fired off many, many years ago. So there is an element of
"ancient history" to the computing, but it indicates how IoT will have
to go to get things working. In these days of profligate use of an
excess of resources, even thinking about what they had to do so many
years ago to get the experiments run and results back was wonderful to
hear about.

Oh and they used special MCU chips that were programmed in Forth.

Simon's session was excellently good, and the attenders loved it. Geek.

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Nov 22 2015
parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 11/22/2015 1:14 AM, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote:

 Obviously these are somewhat history lessons since the devices were
 built and fired off many, many years ago. So there is an element of
 "ancient history" to the computing, but it indicates how IoT will have
 to go to get things working. In these days of profligate use of an
 excess of resources, even thinking about what they had to do so many
 years ago to get the experiments run and results back was wonderful to
 hear about.


One of the interesting things was reprogramming the machine with modern
software 
techniques that were unknown at the time it was launched.

I know that if I knew then what I know now, I'd program my older projects very 
differently, including the embedded asm code ones.
Nov 22 2015
prev sibling parent reply Mathias Lang via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:
2015-11-17 19:48 GMT+01:00 Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d <
digitalmars-d puremagic.com>:


 I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to deliver a
 conference keynote. Please reply to this with ideas! -- Andrei


Over the proposed speakers so far, Carmack would be my favorite.
Someone that wasn't yet suggested so far is Richard Jones (
http://www.cs.kent.ac.uk/people/staff/rej/) which is one of the author of
"The garbage collection handbook".
Nov 22 2015
parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 11/22/2015 06:38 AM, Mathias Lang via Digitalmars-d wrote:

 Over the proposed speakers so far, Carmack would be my favorite.


I've asked him a few days ago, he declined. -- Andrei
Nov 22 2015
parent Kiith-Sa <kiithsacmp gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 22 November 2015 at 15:23:18 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 On 11/22/2015 06:38 AM, Mathias Lang via Digitalmars-d wrote:

 Over the proposed speakers so far, Carmack would be my 
 favorite.


 I've asked him a few days ago, he declined. -- Andrei


+1 for Tim Sweeney (if Carmack is not available).

AFAIK he even was somehow involved with D waaay back around 2000.

...

after googling: not sure about involved, but he did post to the 
forum:

https://www.google.sk/search?sclient=psy-ab&gbv=2&biw=1678&bih=985&noj=1&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A01.01.1999%2Ccd_max%3A01.01.2002&q=tim+sweeney+digital+mars&oq=tim+sweeney+digital+mars&gs_l=serp.3...55655.57773.1.57878.13.8.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..13.0.0.sPMPPuI2DqA

https://www.google.sk/search?sclient=psy-ab&gbv=2&biw=1678&bih=985&noj=1&tbs=cdr%3A1%2Ccd_min%3A01.01.1999%2Ccd_max%3A01.01.2002&q=tim+sweeney+d+lang&oq=tim+sweeney+d+lang&gs_l=serp.3...78672.79872.2.80041.7.6.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1c.1.64.serp..20.0.0.NXIxL1ISmy0
Nov 23 2015