In preparation for DConf 2014, I would like to ascertain where the community sits today in size, dispersion and interests. Please do not discuss this topic here in the newsgroup. Submit responses to the email address below instead.

Years Programming:

What programming language(s) do you use and how long?

Area of Interest?

Location (State/Country)?

Student/Employed/Unemployed/Retired?

Using D Professionally? How long?

How did you learn about D?

List (in decreasing order of importance) five features you like most about D:

List (in decreasing order of importance) five features you dislike most about D:

I understand and respect your rights to privacy and will not distribute your information to anyone else. Emails received will be processed and subsequently destroyed.

Åkerön is my company and the entity that will be using the aggregated information during DConf 2014.

Andrew Edwards
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http://www.akeron.co
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On Fri, 10 May 2013 01:30:25 +0200, Tyro[17] <nospam@home.com> wrote:

> In preparation for DConf 2014, I would like to ascertain where the community sits today in size, dispersion and interests. Please do not discuss this topic here in the newsgroup. Submit responses to the email address below instead.
>
> Years Programming:

17.


> What programming language(s) do you use and how long?

Professionaly: C++, C#.

Hobby: D, C#, C++, Common Lisp, JavaScript.


> Area of Interest?

Uhm... programming? I guess algorithms in general, simulation perhaps.


> Location (State/Country)?

Norway.


> Student/Employed/Unemployed/Retired?

Employed.


> Using D Professionally? How long?

Nope. Did on my last job, for about two months.


> How did you learn about D?

Happened way back in 2006, I think. Can't remember how. Been an avid
user and follower ever since.


> List (in decreasing order of importance) five features you like most about D:

Templates
CTFE
GC
OpDispatch
alias this


> List (in decreasing order of importance) five features you dislike most about D:

Blasphemy! :p

Impure-by-default
System-by-default
Lack of unique storage class
Can't think of anything for #4 and #5

If you also allow features that I feel are missing:

Unicode operator overloading
Restrictions based on UDAs (nothrow, pure, nogc, safe, trusted and system
  implemented in Druntime instead of the compiler? Yes please)


-- 
Simen

> Please do not discuss this topic here in the newsgroup. Submit responses to the email address below instead.

;)

On Thursday, 9 May 2013 at 23:30:26 UTC, Tyro[17] wrote:
> In preparation for DConf 2014, I would like to ascertain where the community sits today in size, dispersion and interests. Please do not discuss this topic here in the newsgroup. Submit responses to the email address below instead.
>
> Years Programming:
>
> What programming language(s) do you use and how long?
>
> Area of Interest?
>
> Location (State/Country)?
>
> Student/Employed/Unemployed/Retired?
>
> Using D Professionally? How long?
>
> How did you learn about D?
>
> List (in decreasing order of importance) five features you like most about D:
>
> List (in decreasing order of importance) five features you dislike most about D:
>
> I understand and respect your rights to privacy and will not distribute your information to anyone else. Emails received will be processed and subsequently destroyed.
>
> Åkerön is my company and the entity that will be using the aggregated information during DConf 2014.
>
> Andrew Edwards
> -----------------
> http://www.akeron.co
> auto getAddress()
> {
> 	string location = "@";
> 	string period = ".";
> 	return ("info" ~ location ~ "afidem" ~ period ~ "org");
> }

You have these answers more/less answered on LinkedIn, group "D Development Network". As of this moment, the group has 256 members, and it is constantly growing.

Link: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/D-Developer-Network-3923820?gid=3923820&trk=hb_side_g

On 5/10/13 4:04 AM, Dejan Lekic wrote:
> On Thursday, 9 May 2013 at 23:30:26 UTC, Tyro[17] wrote:
>> In preparation for DConf 2014, I would like to ascertain where the
>> community sits today in size, dispersion and interests. Please do not
>> discuss this topic here in the newsgroup. Submit responses to the
>> email address below instead.
>>
>
> You have these answers more/less answered on LinkedIn, group "D
> Development Network". As of this moment, the group has 256 members, and
> it is constantly growing.

Interesting. Thank you very much for the insight. Somehow I find myself hoping that we have a little more than 256 users: 255 not counting myself since I'm a member of that group. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond though.

> Link:
> http://www.linkedin.com/groups/D-Developer-Network-3923820?gid=3923820&trk=hb_side_g
>

Regards,
Andrew Edwards
--------------------
http://www.akeron.co
auto getAddress() {
    string location = "@", period = ".";
    return ("info" ~ location ~ "afidem" ~ period ~ "org");
}

On Fri, 10 May 2013 09:04:06 +0100, Dejan Lekic <dejan.lekic@gmail.com> wrote:
> You have these answers more/less answered on LinkedIn, group "D Development Network". As of this moment, the group has 256 members, and it is constantly growing.
>
> Link: http://www.linkedin.com/groups/D-Developer-Network-3923820?gid=3923820&trk=hb_side_g

Some of us don't use LinkedIn seriously and have woefully incomplete and sometimes incorrect profiles :p

R

-- 
Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/

On Thu, 09 May 2013 19:30:25 -0400, Tyro[17] <nospam@home.com> wrote:

> http://www.akeron.co

Is that right?  Or is it akeron.com?

Both seem to be boilerplate web sites of just-registered domains.

-Steve

On 5/10/13 10:17 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On Thu, 09 May 2013 19:30:25 -0400, Tyro[17] <nospam@home.com> wrote:
>
>> http://www.akeron.co
>
> Is that right?  Or is it akeron.com?
>
> Both seem to be boilerplate web sites of just-registered domains.
>
> -Steve

That's right. akeron.com is taken. Although... it's been in it's current state since 1994. I purchased akeron.co a couple days ago after making the decision it's time to start moving forward with my business.

-- 

Andrew Edwards

On 05/10/2013 02:37 AM, Tyro[17] wrote:

> Somehow I find myself hoping that we have a little more than
> 256 users: 255 not counting myself since I'm a member of that
> group.

Argh! They must have used ubyte. :p

Ali