On Sunday, 29 March 2015 at 19:44:01 UTC, cym13 wrote:
> On Sunday, 29 March 2015 at 19:09:52 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
>> As an active Python developer, what would you add to or change about the following:
>> http://bitbashing.io/2015/01/26/d-is-like-native-python.html
>
> I like this article very much. IMO python's generators and list comprehensions are the two things that are the most difficult to replace when switching to another language. Hence I would explicitely make a link with list comprehensions in the UFCS paragraph because it is not obvious. I would also add a little paragraph about ranges to make the link from generators (but maybe not with an example as it may be scarier than it really is).
>
> In the same way of making the parallel with python, many developers seem to use python for web serveurs nowadays. It would be great to include a link to vibe.d in the article. Something simple like "or web server developments with vibe.d" thrown in a sentence.
>
> Also, but this one would be a sensible addition, I'm sorry to see that nothing is said about purity or safety. I definitely think that it can be a good selling argument, even if it goes beyond the goal "Writting Python in D".
>
> Otherwise, I find the article very good. It emphasis the good points, even those that are often forgotten like dub (because pypi is so important in python).
>
> I'll try giving it to some friends to see what they think about it :)


should we add a link to the wiki and ask author if we could mirror there ?

This section on wiki looks like it could with a bit of fleshing out!

http://wiki.dlang.org/Coming_From/Python

On 3/28/2015 5:34 PM, ketmar wrote:
> on the other side of the spectrum was Chuck Moore, for example, who
> imagines modern computers filled with many cheap and average RISC
> processors, and using parallel multiprocessor execution to achieve great
> performance.

Isn't that what a GPU is?

On 3/29/2015 12:09 PM, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
> As an active Python developer, what would you add to or change about the following:
> http://bitbashing.io/2015/01/26/d-is-like-native-python.html


Has someone reddit-ized it?

On Sunday, 29 March 2015 at 21:45:23 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 3/29/2015 12:09 PM, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
>> As an active Python developer, what would you add to or change about the following:
>> http://bitbashing.io/2015/01/26/d-is-like-native-python.html
>
>
> Has someone reddit-ized it?

It seems so: http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2tqiaj/d_is_like_native_python/?submit_url=http%3A%2F%2Fbitbashing.io%2F2015%2F01%2F26%2Fd-is-like-native-python.html&already_submitted=true

On Sunday, 29 March 2015 at 21:06:28 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
> On Sunday, 29 March 2015 at 19:44:01 UTC, cym13 wrote:
>> On Sunday, 29 March 2015 at 19:09:52 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
>>> As an active Python developer, what would you add to or change about the following:
>>> http://bitbashing.io/2015/01/26/d-is-like-native-python.html
>>
>> I like this article very much. IMO python's generators and list comprehensions are the two things that are the most difficult to replace when switching to another language. Hence I would explicitely make a link with list comprehensions in the UFCS paragraph because it is not obvious. I would also add a little paragraph about ranges to make the link from generators (but maybe not with an example as it may be scarier than it really is).
>>
>> In the same way of making the parallel with python, many developers seem to use python for web serveurs nowadays. It would be great to include a link to vibe.d in the article. Something simple like "or web server developments with vibe.d" thrown in a sentence.
>>
>> Also, but this one would be a sensible addition, I'm sorry to see that nothing is said about purity or safety. I definitely think that it can be a good selling argument, even if it goes beyond the goal "Writting Python in D".
>>
>> Otherwise, I find the article very good. It emphasis the good points, even those that are often forgotten like dub (because pypi is so important in python).
>>
>> I'll try giving it to some friends to see what they think about it :)
>
>
> should we add a link to the wiki and ask author if we could mirror there ?
>
> This section on wiki looks like it could with a bit of fleshing out!
>
> http://wiki.dlang.org/Coming_From/Python

I just seen what you did in the wiki, that's great! I don't have much time to invest tonight but I'll definitely do my part of the job in a day or two.

>> should we add a link to the wiki and ask author if we could mirror there ?
>>
>> This section on wiki looks like it could with a bit of fleshing out!
>>
>> http://wiki.dlang.org/Coming_From/Python
>
> I just seen what you did in the wiki, that's great! I don't have much time to invest tonight but I'll definitely do my part of the job in a day or two.

Thank you for noticing.  It's not very inspired, but I don't have much energy at the moment, and it is the best I can do with what I have.  Better an acceptable start than trying to be perfect.

The Ruby / Java / Eiffel / C# / and Basic sections also need starting.

On 3/29/2015 2:46 PM, cym13 wrote:
> On Sunday, 29 March 2015 at 21:45:23 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 3/29/2015 12:09 PM, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
>>> As an active Python developer, what would you add to or change about the
>>> following:
>>> http://bitbashing.io/2015/01/26/d-is-like-native-python.html
>>
>>
>> Has someone reddit-ized it?
>
> It seems so:
> http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2tqiaj/d_is_like_native_python/?submit_url=http%3A%2F%2Fbitbashing.io%2F2015%2F01%2F26%2Fd-is-like-native-python.html&already_submitted=true
>

Ah, thanks!

On Thursday, 26 March 2015 at 08:44:20 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote:
> I wrote the article in a rush last night (girlfriend calling me to bed) and as a result it has a few spelling/grammar errors which I've hopefully corrected.
>
> The article is a total rant about Go after using it over the last month or so for a project. I honestly was getting so bored with Go and the article that I was literally falling asleep writing it. lol! Is started liking Go but after a while I found it increasing difficult trying to change me way of working to shoehorn solutions into such a simple language.
>
> I know it's a bit unfair in places and it's got a click bait title but who cares? I got my point across and I think people understand where i'm coming from. It seems to have got really popular and I've been swamped with mail, etc. I think it's the most read article i've ever written. ha! :o)

https://www.quora.com/Why-didnt-D-language-become-mainstream-comparing-to-Golang

fwiw

On Saturday, 28 March 2015 at 14:33:14 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> On Sat, 2015-03-28 at 12:52 +0100, Sönke Ludwig via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
>> […]
>> 
>> You can access TLS from an event callback just as easy as from a fiber.
> […]
>
> TLS is the evil here. Anyone working with TLS is either writing an
> operating system or doing it wrong.

Or, you know, doing it safe. Unlike Go.

On Sunday, 29 March 2015 at 08:37:54 UTC, Idan Arye wrote:
> On Saturday, 28 March 2015 at 18:47:04 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 3/28/2015 3:20 AM, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
>>> Personally, I'm not sure that much is gained in pitting Go against D
>>> precisely because they're so different that they're likely to appeal to
>>> completely different sets of people.
>>
>> I also do not regard Go as a competitor to D. It's more of a competitor to Java and Ruby.
>
> How is Go a competitor to Ruby? I cannot think of a single parameter where Go and Ruby don't take the exact opposite approach!(other than the obvious ones like "both use require the programmer to write code")

They appeal to programmer that prefers fashionable technology rather than technologies that solve problems.