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reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/523hm3/til_the_d_language_has_a_voldemort_type/
Sep 10 2016
next sibling parent reply Jack Stouffer <jack jackstouffer.com> writes:
On Saturday, 10 September 2016 at 20:39:39 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/523hm3/til_the_d_language_has_a_voldemort_type/
Boy oh boy, I just love in every D thread how we get the "my language can do this too" arguments followed by everyone showing how they're not the same thing. Mostly we leave it to the C++ people to do that in reddit threads (followed by the C++ person posting some horrific macro and the action.
Sep 11 2016
parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 9/11/2016 3:11 AM, Jack Stouffer wrote:
 On Saturday, 10 September 2016 at 20:39:39 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/523hm3/til_the_d_language_has_a_voldemort_type/
Boy oh boy, I just love in every D thread how we get the "my language can do this too" arguments followed by everyone showing how they're not the same thing. Mostly we leave it to the C++ people to do that in reddit threads (followed by the C++ person posting some horrific macro and claiming victory), so it's nice
I just like a D post with 1166 upvotes! I think that's a record for us, but maybe one of Andrei's got more? And I do love that we coined the name "Voldemort Type" that has now entered the lexicon of programming jargon!
Sep 11 2016
parent Basile B. <b2.temp gmx.com> writes:
On Sunday, 11 September 2016 at 11:31:55 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
 On 9/11/2016 3:11 AM, Jack Stouffer wrote:
 On Saturday, 10 September 2016 at 20:39:39 UTC, Walter Bright
I just like a D post with 1166 upvotes! I think that's a record for us, but maybe one of Andrei's got more? And I do love that we coined the name "Voldemort Type" that has now entered the lexicon of programming jargon!
Curiously enough, almost the same post in 2012 only got 100 upvotes: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/telhj/voldemort_types_in_d/
Sep 11 2016
prev sibling parent Harry Potter <ogheri alessandroogheri.com> writes:
On Saturday, 10 September 2016 at 20:39:39 UTC, Walter Bright 
wrote:
 https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/523hm3/til_the_d_language_has_a_voldemort_type/
then what is a "Harry Potter" type ? or (abhor!!!) a "Piton" type ? (not Python, I do not want to risk my neck mentioning Python here, eh eh )
Oct 13 2016