...as a "programming languages you should learn now" - albeit somewhat dismissively ;-)

https://www.infoworld.com/article/3263395/application-development/the-programming-languages-you-should-learn-now.html

On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 15:52:11 UTC, Jean-Louis Leroy wrote:
> ...as a "programming languages you should learn now" - albeit somewhat dismissively ;-)
>
> https://www.infoworld.com/article/3263395/application-development/the-programming-languages-you-should-learn-now.html

Eh, never bad to be mentioned in articles like that, could encourage some to try D.

On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 16:13:17 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 15:52:11 UTC, Jean-Louis Leroy wrote:
>> ...as a "programming languages you should learn now" - albeit somewhat dismissively ;-)
>>
>> https://www.infoworld.com/article/3263395/application-development/the-programming-languages-you-should-learn-now.html
>
> Eh, never bad to be mentioned in articles like that, could encourage some to try D.

Indeed!

On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 16:13:17 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 15:52:11 UTC, Jean-Louis Leroy wrote:
>> ...as a "programming languages you should learn now" - albeit somewhat dismissively ;-)
>>
>> https://www.infoworld.com/article/3263395/application-development/the-programming-languages-you-should-learn-now.html
>
> Eh, never bad to be mentioned in articles like that, could encourage some to try D.

D should have been under the "if you know Java" and "if you know C#" too though.

On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 17:49:18 UTC, bauss wrote:
> On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 16:13:17 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 15:52:11 UTC, Jean-Louis Leroy wrote:
>>> ...as a "programming languages you should learn now" - albeit somewhat dismissively ;-)
>>>
>>> https://www.infoworld.com/article/3263395/application-development/the-programming-languages-you-should-learn-now.html
>>
>> Eh, never bad to be mentioned in articles like that, could encourage some to try D.
>
> D should have been under the "if you know Java" and "if you know C#" too though.

Also it's not exactly a "good" mention. It kinda gives D a bad portrait.

"Learning D will not help you get a job anywhere, and it may be of little practical use."

Sure there isn't a lot of jobs strictly using D, but it's a great tool to use along side other languages.

I totally disaree with the "and it may be of little practical use"... 99% of things in D are practical, compared to any other languages.

Clearly it's written by someone who has never used D and just googled D real quick.

On Mon, 26 Mar 2018 17:51:49 +0000, bauss wrote:

> Clearly it's written by someone who has never used D and just googled D real quick.

It looks like the article was written by someone that doesn't know much about most of those languages.

On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 15:52:11 UTC, Jean-Louis Leroy wrote:

> https://www.infoworld.com/article/3263395/application-development/the-programming-languages-you-should-learn-now.html

Looks like R advertising.

On Tuesday, 27 March 2018 at 01:50:17 UTC, crimaniak wrote:
> On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 15:52:11 UTC, Jean-Louis Leroy wrote:
>
>> https://www.infoworld.com/article/3263395/application-development/the-programming-languages-you-should-learn-now.html
>
> Looks like R advertising.

Funny, I was thinking the same.

On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 15:52:11 UTC, Jean-Louis Leroy wrote:
> ...as a "programming languages you should learn now" - albeit somewhat dismissively ;-)
>
> https://www.infoworld.com/article/3263395/application-development/the-programming-languages-you-should-learn-now.html

> Learning D will not help you get a job anywhere, and it may be of little practical use. But it is a convenient way to taste managed memory and all of the “new” concepts without leaving familiar tool chains and losing the C library.

I'm not sure if this kind of mention is any good for D. It's more like "look at C++'s stupid little brother. It's silly and useless".


> If you know C or C++, choose from these languages
> JavaScript

If I was an experienced C programmer I'd be insulted.

> Languages newbies should start with:
> HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

This would kill any motivation to learn programming. Also, HTML and CSS aren't programming languages.



Indeed, this article looks like, smells like and tastes like R advertisement. Maybe because it is?

On Tuesday, 27 March 2018 at 01:50:17 UTC, crimaniak wrote:
> On Monday, 26 March 2018 at 15:52:11 UTC, Jean-Louis Leroy wrote:
>
>> https://www.infoworld.com/article/3263395/application-development/the-programming-languages-you-should-learn-now.html
>
> Looks like R advertising.

I don't see how. Yes, R was mentioned many times, but as a way to generate graphs. That's a one hour exercise using 0.001% of R's functionality.