Why is a bad thing that another language design and compiler writer compares his language as a point of comparison?
"why is it a bad thing if you do X thing incessantly". in this specific case it's called shilling. if you've been on hn for longer than a week you'll notice he advertises D as if it's his fulltime job (which it probably is).
Google defines "shill" as: "A shill is a person who is paid or secretly works with a trickster, gambler, or salesperson to trick others into buying something or joining a game by pretending to be a normal, happy customer"
I am not paid, nor work secretly (I use my real name), and am not tricking anyone.
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is your fulltime job posting hn comments like "in D...", "this is how D ...", "for D..."?
Why is a bad thing that another language design and compiler writer compares his language as a point of comparison?
I really like it when he does because it allows me to see what he has done for D, and learn from it.
"why is it a bad thing if you do X thing incessantly". in this specific case it's called shilling. if you've been on hn for longer than a week you'll notice he advertises D as if it's his fulltime job (which it probably is).
Google defines "shill" as: "A shill is a person who is paid or secretly works with a trickster, gambler, or salesperson to trick others into buying something or joining a game by pretending to be a normal, happy customer"
I am not paid, nor work secretly (I use my real name), and am not tricking anyone.
The article itself compares its assembler to others, so comparing it to D's is quite on topic.
Walter's proud of his D and he likes to show it off. Don't make it weird.
Yes I am proud of it and like showing it off. It's also fun when other languages copy aspects of D.
Why not? Whenever there is an article about D on HN, there are plenty of comments comparing it to other languages, sometimes over half.
Honestly, I wish other language developers would chime in, too. It's insightful.