Folks,

I just cam across the D language and like what I have found so far.
Given that there are no books what is the best way to learn the language?
What is the state of the compiler: does it support templates already?
For number crunching can I expect to get code that will run as fast as g++
compiled C++?

If array index bounds are checked will this slow down code much?

Thanks.

> I just cam across the D language and like what I have found so far.
> Given that there are no books what is the best way to learn the language?
> What is the state of the compiler: does it support templates already?
> For number crunching can I expect to get code that will run as fast as g++
> compiled C++?

Faster

> If array index bounds are checked will this slow down code much?

Optimised out

"mjm" <mjm_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:bh81kg$tte$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Folks,
>
> I just cam across the D language and like what I have found so far.

Great!

> Given that there are no books what is the best way to learn the language?

Dive in, and ask questions here.

> What is the state of the compiler: does it support templates already?

It works well. Templates are implemented.

> For number crunching can I expect to get code that will run as fast as g++ compiled C++?

Yes.

> If array index bounds are checked will this slow down code much?

Yes, however, bounds checking can be removed for release mode.