VBA for Excel -> XUL + Javascript (ECMAScript 3 / prototype oriented) -> C# -> D

I think that documentation for Javascript programmers is necessary.


# Other novel languages that I'm interesting: Ada, Eiffel, Ruby and Javascript 2.0(Ecmascript 4)

Don Clugston wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
>>> Actually I think "Rudy" is a cute name for it.  Although it might lead to "Rudolph" jokes... so be it.  We'll just make its mascot a reindeer and be done with it.
>>
>> "Rudy" is perfect.
> 
> "Rubidium" was another one that comes to mind.

I thought of that, as it sticks with the gemstone idiom of Ruby at large (it even sounds like the words "Ruby" + "idiom", heh).. but just couldn't escape the novelty of "Rudy." Sounds like a case for a poll.

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

On Wed, 03 Jan 2007 01:29:03 +0200, Walter Bright <newshound@digitalmars.com> wrote:

> I know you all are early adopters of D, and that's a special breed different from the vast majority of programmers. But still, it would be   useful (in writing documentation) to know what language was your primary tool before coming to D. I also know that many of you are handy with multiple diverse languages, I just want to know the primary one.
>

PHP and VBA, in other words D is my first programming language
-- 
Tiberiu Gal

Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
> Don Clugston wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
>>>> Actually I think "Rudy" is a cute name for it.  Although it might lead to "Rudolph" jokes... so be it.  We'll just make its mascot a reindeer and be done with it.
>>>
>>> "Rudy" is perfect.
>>
>> "Rubidium" was another one that comes to mind.
> 
> I thought of that, as it sticks with the gemstone idiom of Ruby at large (it even sounds like the words "Ruby" + "idiom", heh).. but just couldn't escape the novelty of "Rudy." Sounds like a case for a poll.

I read it as "Ruby Diem," which is kind of a nice play on words too :-)


Sean

Walter Bright wrote:
> I know you all are early adopters of D, and that's a special breed
> different from the vast majority of programmers. But still, it would be
>  useful (in writing documentation) to know what language was your
> primary tool before coming to D. I also know that many of you are handy
> with multiple diverse languages, I just want to know the primary one.
> 
> Asm?
> C++?
> C?
> None (D's your first language)?
> Java?
> C#?
> Python?
> Lisp?
> Ruby?
> Delphi?
> Perl?
> Cobol? <g>

C++

Languages I use most of the time :
C - FORTRAN 77 - JAVA
FORTRAN 77 is for doing math. I like D because I'm tired of writing glue code
between FORTRAN or C and JAVA and because the object model is similar to JAVA's
one which I believe to be easier to use than C++ one and sufficient for most purposes.

I use TCL and PYTHON as scripting languages. I often embed an interpreter (Python or TCL) in my programs to provide a macro language. It is useful for testing too.

The only thing that prevents me form using D for everything is the lack of a good runtime library that covers most needs (like JAVA's one). I use D for fun and for small projects, I don't use it for my job now. I hope to be able to switch to D in the future.

Thanks a lot for 1.0 which works fine !

Vincent

C++.

I'm sorry, C++; I still love you, but I think we both know we've been drifting apart these last few years, and D really understands me...

> I just want to know the primary one.

I've mostly used C++, professionally and otherwise.

Kevin

EasyUO -> BlitzBasic -> C# -> D

Along the way I took side journeys into Java, Pascal, and C++.  I use D mostly nowadays, though I could probably slip back into C# if I had to.

Walter Bright schrieb:
> I know you all are early adopters of D, and that's a special breed different from the vast majority of programmers. But still, it would be  useful (in writing documentation) to know what language was your primary tool before coming to D. I also know that many of you are handy with multiple diverse languages, I just want to know the primary one.
> 
> Asm?
> C++?
> C?
> None (D's your first language)?
> Java?
> C#?
> Python?
> Lisp?
> Ruby?
> Delphi?
> Perl?
> Cobol? <g>

Primary language is C++.