August 30, 2016 Re: Why D is not popular enough? | ||||
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Posted in reply to Chris | On 8/30/2016 3:42 AM, Chris wrote:
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I agree it's time to remove comparisons with C++, although there is room for a "D for C++ Programmers" section and, of course, "Interfacing D to C++".
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August 30, 2016 Re: Why D is not popular enough? | ||||
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Posted in reply to Adam D. Ruppe | On Tuesday, 30 August 2016 at 14:19:02 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Tuesday, 30 August 2016 at 14:11:56 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Sadly if this doesn't float your boat you're unlikely to enjoy most of what D has to offer. -- Andrei
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> This might be the most wrong statement you have ever said on this forum.
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> D's biggest appeal to me is that it *doesn't* force me to use whatever bizarre style is popular this month. It is multiparadigm out of the box, and flexible enough to adapt to new paradigms as they happen.
I am going to vote with Adam here. If memory serves me correctly what initially drew me in to the D language was a statement on the main page that "D is not a religion". I think at the time I had been doing some work with Java, where everything had to be an object. Man, I hate Java for that.
Also, I think saying if you don't like functional programming you will miss 'most' of what D has to offer is really selling the language short. After all you can write C or C++ style code in D if you want, which may be very attractive to some folks.
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August 30, 2016 Re: Why D is not popular enough? | ||||
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Posted in reply to Walter Bright | On 8/30/2016 11:22 AM, Walter Bright wrote: > On 8/30/2016 3:42 AM, Chris wrote: >> [...] > > I agree it's time to remove comparisons with C++, although there is room for a > "D for C++ Programmers" section and, of course, "Interfacing D to C++". https://github.com/dlang/dlang.org/pull/1459 |
August 30, 2016 Re: Why D is not popular enough? | ||||
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Posted in reply to Markus | On 8/30/2016 12:56 AM, Markus wrote: > The tour https://tour.dlang.org/ is nearly empty, but on the first page it > states that D is an "evolution of C++ (without the mistakes)" (the real content > is hidden in the menu-sections). I was going to fix that, but can't find where it is on github. The "Open Source" links to https://github.com/stonemaster/dlang-tour, but it isn't there. |
August 30, 2016 Re: Why D is not popular enough? | ||||
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Posted in reply to mate | On 8/30/2016 2:41 PM, mate wrote: > On Tuesday, 30 August 2016 at 20:25:42 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: >> On 8/30/2016 12:56 AM, Markus wrote: >>> The tour https://tour.dlang.org/ is nearly empty, but on the first page it >>> states that D is an "evolution of C++ (without the mistakes)" (the real content >>> is hidden in the menu-sections). >> >> I was going to fix that, but can't find where it is on github. The "Open >> Source" links to https://github.com/stonemaster/dlang-tour, but it isn't there. > > Found it here: > https://github.com/dlang-tour/english/blob/master/welcome/welcome-to-d.md Oh, I see the problem. I was looking at: https://github.com/stonemaster/dlang-tour when I should have looked at: https://github.com/dlang-tour Looks like the link at https://tour.dlang.org/ needs fixing? |
August 30, 2016 Re: Why D is not popular enough? | ||||
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Posted in reply to mate | On 8/30/2016 2:41 PM, mate wrote: > On Tuesday, 30 August 2016 at 20:25:42 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: >> On 8/30/2016 12:56 AM, Markus wrote: >>> The tour https://tour.dlang.org/ is nearly empty, but on the first page it >>> states that D is an "evolution of C++ (without the mistakes)" (the real content >>> is hidden in the menu-sections). >> >> I was going to fix that, but can't find where it is on github. The "Open >> Source" links to https://github.com/stonemaster/dlang-tour, but it isn't there. > > Found it here: > https://github.com/dlang-tour/english/blob/master/welcome/welcome-to-d.md > > But it has many offspring to be updated as well: > https://github.com/dlang-tour/japanese/blob/master/welcome/welcome-to-d.md > https://github.com/dlang-tour/german/blob/master/welcome/welcome-to-d.md > https://github.com/dlang-tour/chinese/blob/master/welcome/welcome-to-d.md > https://github.com/dlang-tour/italian/blob/master/welcome/welcome-to-d.md > https://github.com/dlang-tour/spanish/blob/master/welcome/welcome-to-d.md > https://github.com/dlang-tour/turkish/blob/master/welcome/welcome-to-d.md > https://github.com/dlang-tour/romanian/blob/master/welcome/welcome-to-d.md > https://github.com/dlang-tour/french/blob/master/welcome/welcome-to-d.md > https://github.com/dlang-tour/swedish/blob/master/welcome/welcome-to-d.md > Thanks for your help! https://github.com/dlang-tour/english/pull/91 |
August 31, 2016 Re: Why D is not popular enough? | ||||
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Posted in reply to Walter Bright | On Wednesday, 31 August 2016 at 01:12:10 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: > On 8/30/2016 2:41 PM, mate wrote: >>[...] > > Thanks for your help! > > https://github.com/dlang-tour/english/pull/91 Your change just went live http://tour.dlang.org ;) |
August 30, 2016 Re: Why D is not popular enough? | ||||
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Posted in reply to ZombineDev | On 8/30/2016 6:30 PM, ZombineDev wrote:
> Your change just went live
> http://tour.dlang.org ;)
Thanks! Note that the other languages need updating, too.
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August 31, 2016 Re: Why D is not popular enough? | ||||
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Posted in reply to Walter Bright | On Wednesday, 31 August 2016 at 04:03:32 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 8/30/2016 6:30 PM, ZombineDev wrote:
>> Your change just went live
>> http://tour.dlang.org ;)
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> Thanks! Note that the other languages need updating, too.
Done (FYI the translations aren't officially published yet) ;-)
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