Re:Ruminations on D: An Interview with Walter Bright
by jsmthrowaway on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @01:23PM
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It struck me as odd, too, but then I realized I didn't know the cultural background of interviewer or interviewee and maybe it was a welcome, completely normal question. It's useful to keep your own dispositions in mind when analyzing someone else's conversation.
Re:Ruminations on D: An Interview with Walter Bright
by Keyframe on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @01:43PM
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Not valid, since question comes preloaded with an assumption language designers start a lot earlier ("so late").
Re:Ruminations on D: An Interview with Walter Bright
by jsmthrowaway on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @02:55PM
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That's a fair point. I hadn't looked at it that way.
Re:Ruminations on D: An Interview with Walter Bright
by abiox on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @04:37PM
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maybe. perhaps they're referring to his long career and curious about what motivated him at that point to pursue the project versus times previous.
Re:Ruminations on D: An Interview with Walter Bright
by Keyframe on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @06:57PM
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When you put it that way, could be that as well. Bad interviewer is bad, I guess.
What kind of question is that? Anders Hejlsberg was what, 39 when he started working on C# and 52 with Typescript? It's the same as with screenplays. You start writing when you have experience.