Bill Baxter wrote:
> janderson wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
>>>> We certainly will, and hopefully the book will help us gain the credibility
>>>> I think is needed. Also back then, Tango was a very new project in the
>>>> public space, by now we have a considerable list of users and D has gained
>>>> further recognition.
>>>
>>>
>>> Being persistent also moves us from "who the heck are you guys?" to "I've heard about D!"
>>
>> I have to say, I've been on the interview grind over the last week. Everyone I talked to (except 1) had heard about D and seemed to be interested in it but never used it or looked much into it.  I talked to about 30 engineers.
>>
>> I found a job BTW :)
> 
> Where you can use D??? :-)
> 
> [congrats even if not, though!]
> 
> --bb

Sadly no.

janderson wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
>>> We certainly will, and hopefully the book will help us gain the credibility
>>> I think is needed. Also back then, Tango was a very new project in the
>>> public space, by now we have a considerable list of users and D has gained
>>> further recognition.
>>
>>
>> Being persistent also moves us from "who the heck are you guys?" to "I've heard about D!"
> 
> I have to say, I've been on the interview grind over the last week. Everyone I talked to (except 1) had heard about D and seemed to be interested in it but never used it or looked much into it.  I talked to about 30 engineers.
> 
> I found a job BTW :)
> 
> -Joel

The job is in LA BTW.

janderson wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>> janderson wrote:
>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>> Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
>>>>> We certainly will, and hopefully the book will help us gain the credibility
>>>>> I think is needed. Also back then, Tango was a very new project in the
>>>>> public space, by now we have a considerable list of users and D has gained
>>>>> further recognition.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Being persistent also moves us from "who the heck are you guys?" to "I've heard about D!"
>>>
>>> I have to say, I've been on the interview grind over the last week. Everyone I talked to (except 1) had heard about D and seemed to be interested in it but never used it or looked much into it.  I talked to about 30 engineers.
>>>
>>> I found a job BTW :)
>>
>> Where you can use D??? :-)
>>
>> [congrats even if not, though!]
>>
>> --bb
> 
> Sadly no.

Ok.  Well you'll just have to work it in the back door like everyone else, then.  :-)

--bb

>>>> I found a job BTW :)
>>>
>>> Where you can use D??? :-)
>>>
>>> [congrats even if not, though!]
>>>
>>> --bb
>>
>> Sadly no.
> 
> Ok.  Well you'll just have to work it in the back door like everyone else, then.  :-)
> 
> --bb

LOL, I slipped over hit the keyboard and accidentally converted everything to D :)

Bill Baxter wrote:
> Ok.  Well you'll just have to work it in the back door like everyone else, then.  :-)

Often people are able to use it for utility work, even if management won't allow it for the main product.

This is true in my case, which has resulted in us test-running rewriting a many-problems Java server we have in D via a contractor.  We'll see how that ends up.

-[Unknown]


Walter Bright wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>> Ok.  Well you'll just have to work it in the back door like everyone else, then.  :-)
> 
> Often people are able to use it for utility work, even if management won't allow it for the main product.