DConf keynote speaker ideas

[Andy Smith via Digitalmars-d]

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 ...