Hey folks,

What's the best article/resource that I could give to a C++/C# developer to convince them on D? Ideally, I'm looking for something concise on the benefits with several examples.

On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at 18:35:37 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> What's the best article/resource that I could give to a C++/C# developer to convince them on D? Ideally, I'm looking for something concise on the benefits with several examples.

I use Walter's article on component programming:

http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/component-programming-in-d/240008321

Thanks Joakim! That's a great article, I've remember reading it years ago that originally attracted me to the language. I was hoping for something more concise: perhaps a single page with language highlights.

On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at 20:57:43 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
> Thanks Joakim! That's a great article, I've remember reading it years ago that originally attracted me to the language. I was hoping for something more concise: perhaps a single page with language highlights.

Since I am mainly a C# developer, I can tell you what convinced me:
- D code looks 90% like C#, it's very easy to learn;
- native compilation;
- templates as generics on steroids;
- compatibility with C;
- memory allocation control;
- compile time reflection;
- mixins;
- a better approach to operator overloading;
- unittest integration
- inline assembler;
- SIMD

A good resource is also the comparison made by Adam Wilson at DConf:
- slides - http://dconf.org/2013/talks/wilson.pdf
- talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_xdfSVRrKo

Anyway, don't point him to http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguagesVersusD, this page is full of lies :)

Unfortunately, the list of what's not convincing me is much longer, I don't want to discourage him.

On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at 18:35:37 UTC, Jonathan wrote:

> What's the best article/resource that I could give to a C++/C# developer to convince them on D? Ideally, I'm looking for something concise on the benefits with several examples.

David Simcha's presentation at DConf 2013 really showcased the language for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMNMV9JlkcQ

I transcribed some of the content to the wiki so user's could access it in written form (but I never finished):
http://wiki.dlang.org/Tutorials#Design_Patterns

I also thought some of the presentations at DConf 2014 showcased the power of the language quite well:
http://dconf.org/2014/schedule/

Mike

On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at 18:35:37 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> What's the best article/resource that I could give to a C++/C# developer to convince them on D? Ideally, I'm looking for something concise on the benefits with several examples.

Here's mine, but some examples are linked instead of being included:
http://www.infognition.com/blog/2014/why_d.html

On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at 20:57:43 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
> Thanks Joakim! That's a great article, I've remember reading it years ago that originally attracted me to the language. I was hoping for something more concise: perhaps a single page with language highlights.

This recent blog post seemed to be well-liked:

http://bitbashing.io/2015/01/26/d-is-like-native-python.html

It garnered almost 200 points and comments on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2tqiaj/d_is_like_native_python/