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?

R

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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?
>
> R

I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation videos based on it?

On Tue, 21 May 2013 12:36:31 +0100, Dicebot <m.strashun@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?
>>
>> R
>
> I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation videos based on it?

This article?
http://www.drdobbs.com/parallel/the-case-for-d/217801225

I found this..
http://software.intel.com/en-us/videos/new-d-programming-language-with-andrei/

.. and this :)
http://leonardo-m.livejournal.com/83309.html

R


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On 5/21/13 7:36 AM, Dicebot 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?
>>
>> R
>
> I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
> outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision
> with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation
> videos based on it?

How about "Three unexpected..." http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D

Andrei

On Tue, 21 May 2013 13:56:05 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:

> On 5/21/13 7:36 AM, Dicebot 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?
>>>
>>> R
>>
>> I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
>> outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision
>> with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation
>> videos based on it?
>
> How about "Three unexpected..." http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D

Yeah, that one is a good one because it's a good length and it talks about some nice D specifics in relation to general programming concerns/goals :)

It is currently my top contender.. assuming I only get to pass on 1 video and no-one comes back with something I like even more. :p

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On 21 May 2013 14:09, Regan Heath <regan@netmail.co.nz> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2013 13:56:05 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:
>
>> On 5/21/13 7:36 AM, Dicebot 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?
>>>>
>>>> R
>>>
>>>
>>> I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation videos based on it?
>>
>>
>> How about "Three unexpected..." http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D
>
>
> Yeah, that one is a good one because it's a good length and it talks about some nice D specifics in relation to general programming concerns/goals :)
>
> It is currently my top contender.. assuming I only get to pass on 1 video and no-one comes back with something I like even more. :p
>
>
> R
>
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You can also tell him that D is not in the 101 worst programming
languages (according to SO).  :o)

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/961942/what-is-the-worst-programming-language-you-ever-worked-with


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On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 18:58:57 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> On 21 May 2013 14:09, Regan Heath <regan@netmail.co.nz> wrote:
>> On Tue, 21 May 2013 13:56:05 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu
>> <SeeWebsiteForEmail@erdani.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On 5/21/13 7:36 AM, Dicebot 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?
>>>>>
>>>>> R
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
>>>> outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision
>>>> with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation
>>>> videos based on it?
>>>
>>>
>>> How about "Three unexpected..."
>>> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D
>>
>>
>> Yeah, that one is a good one because it's a good length and it talks about
>> some nice D specifics in relation to general programming concerns/goals :)
>>
>> It is currently my top contender.. assuming I only get to pass on 1 video
>> and no-one comes back with something I like even more. :p
>>
>>
>> R
>>
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>
>
> You can also tell him that D is not in the 101 worst programming
> languages (according to SO).  :o)
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/961942/what-is-the-worst-programming-language-you-ever-worked-with
>
>
> --
> Iain Buclaw
>
> *(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';

I would like to quote Bjarne Stoustrup on that matter: "There are only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and the ones nobody uses".

On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 18:58:57 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> You can also tell him that D is not in the 101 worst programming
> languages (according to SO).  :o)
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/961942/what-is-the-worst-programming-language-you-ever-worked-with
>

You'll note that the first one is PHP (no big surprise) and the first reason is Inconsistent function names and argument orders, for which we qualify easily.

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.

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?
>
> R

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

In my attempts to describe D to colleagues and friends, I have made an observation. I think there's not a single killer feature of D that makes it great, but it's rather like how a lot of very small and interesting features come together. Slices and every detail about how they work I think is a nice selling point.

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
>
> Andrei

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 :)