The subject sounds like spam, I know. :-)

I was browsing http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithms and noticed that the appendix contains example code in Ada.

Having them written in D would serve several goals:

 - More clear, since D code is very near the Pseudocode one sees everywhere. (And who needs Ada anyway.)

 - The more exposure D gets, the higher it scores on TIOBE.

 - The author can get his name under Contributors.

This is one of the few ways a non-guru can get fame, and make a significant contribution to spreading our excellent language!

What would other important web sites be?

Georg Wrede wrote:

> The subject sounds like spam, I know. :-)
> 
> I was browsing http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithms and noticed that the appendix contains example code in Ada.
> 
> Having them written in D would serve several goals:
> 
>   - More clear, since D code is very near the Pseudocode one sees
> everywhere. (And who needs Ada anyway.)
> 
>   - The more exposure D gets, the higher it scores on TIOBE.
> 
>   - The author can get his name under Contributors.
> 
> This is one of the few ways a non-guru can get fame, and make a significant contribution to spreading our excellent language!
> 
> What would other important web sites be?

I just found www.rosettacode.org, I don't know if it's important but it's pretty nice and already has ton's of examples in D. Here is the todo list for D:

http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Tasks_not_implemented_in_D

Georg Wrede wrote:
> The subject sounds like spam, I know. :-)
> 
> I was browsing http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithms and noticed that the appendix contains example code in Ada.
> 
> Having them written in D would serve several goals:
> 
>  - More clear, since D code is very near the Pseudocode one sees everywhere. (And who needs Ada anyway.)
> 
>  - The more exposure D gets, the higher it scores on TIOBE.
> 
>  - The author can get his name under Contributors.
> 
> This is one of the few ways a non-guru can get fame, and make a significant contribution to spreading our excellent language!
> 
> What would other important web sites be?

PLEAC might be a good target for showcasing D

Lutger:
> I just found www.rosettacode.org, I don't know if it's important but it's pretty nice and already has ton's of examples in D. Here is the todo list for D:

I think most of those already present D examples are written by downs and me :-)

Bye,
bearophile

bearophile wrote:
> Lutger:
>> I just found www.rosettacode.org, I don't know if it's important but it's pretty nice and already has ton's of examples in D. Here is the todo list for D:
> 
> I think most of those already present D examples are written by downs and me :-)

Cool!!

The page http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Tasks_not_implemented_in_D lists stuff that still needs to be done.

Is there any idea in trying to deal the tasks somehow? Like the more difficult ones to more experienced D programmers? Or is that necessary at all?

Lutger wrote:

> Georg Wrede wrote:
>> What would other important web sites be?
> 
> I just found www.rosettacode.org, I don't know if it's important but it's pretty nice and already has ton's of examples in D. Here is the todo list for D:
> 
> http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Tasks_not_implemented_in_D

I just did 3 of the missing items (ackermann, array init, pointers/references).  I encourage others to pick a few to write as well. It's a really long list of missing items...