On Wed, 22 May 2013 09:30:22 +0100, Dicebot <m.strashun@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 12:56:06 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> How about "Three unexpected..." http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D
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>> Andrei
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> This is very good on its own but somewhat lacking as a general overview of the language. In a sense that it highlights three super cool features and says nothing about how revolutionary language overall is :)

True.  I am hoping it will 'hook' peoples interest, after which they'll either go looking for more information on their own, or ask for more - in which case I can provide other more general videos and information etc.

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On Tue, 21 May 2013 22:30:09 +0100, deadalnix <deadalnix@gmail.com> wrote:
> That being said, the 3 unexpected feature is probably a good one. Walter's talk at DConf is a large overview of D as well, but probably don't have the same Wow effect.

My thoughts also.  It's a good history/overview but it's not 'wow this is cool'.

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On Tue, 21 May 2013 23:05:36 +0100, w0rp <devw0rp@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 11:23:39 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:
>> I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years but never had reason to look into it.  He works at a company which has a culture of showing tech videos during lunch.  So.. I want the best introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour.. anyone?
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>> R
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> Walter's talk on component programming is one of the best, I think, for showing how the language features can come together in a nice way. That's a pretty good motivator for getting someone into the language. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0cX1f41Fnkc

I like the content of this video, but the inaudible questions interrupting the flow are driving me up the wall.

If I had time I would edit it and cut them all.

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I'm partial to the Google tech talk Andrei gave almost three years ago:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVpPstLPEc

I thought Andrei did a great job with his presentation in that talk.

For an article, Walter's Dr. Dobbs piece on component programming is a great intro to language, showing the real-world problems that the language creator tries to solve and how he thinks and goes about it:

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

I have sent both links to others in the past, to introduce them to the D programming language.

On 5/22/13 11:07 AM, Joakim wrote:
> I'm partial to the Google tech talk Andrei gave almost three years ago:
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> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVpPstLPEc

That reminds me we should have a "Media" link on the homepage linking to all media available about D, including of course DConf 2013.


Andrei

On Wed, 22 May 2013 16:18:39 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:

> On 5/22/13 11:07 AM, Joakim wrote:
>> I'm partial to the Google tech talk Andrei gave almost three years ago:
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVpPstLPEc
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> That reminds me we should have a "Media" link on the homepage linking to all media available about D, including of course DConf 2013.

Definitely, I went there first and didn't find anything so posted this thread :)

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On Wednesday, 22 May 2013 at 15:18:38 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 5/22/13 11:07 AM, Joakim wrote:
>> I'm partial to the Google tech talk Andrei gave almost three years ago:
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>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVpPstLPEc
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> That reminds me we should have a "Media" link on the homepage linking to all media available about D, including of course DConf 2013.
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>
> Andrei

Currently homed here:
http://wiki.dlang.org/Videos