On Monday, 8 October 2018 at 05:12:03 UTC, Joakim wrote:
On Sunday, 7 October 2018 at 15:41:43 UTC, greentea wrote:
Date: September 7 to 9, 2018.
Location: Manchester, UK
GDC - D front-end GCC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXRJJ_lrSxE
Thanks for the link, just watched the whole video. The first
half-hour sets the standard as an intro to the language, as
only a compiler developer other than the main implementer could
give, ie someone with fresh eyes.
I loved that Iain started off with a list of real-world
projects. That's a mistake a lot of tech talks make, ie not
motivating _why_ anybody should care about their tech and
simply diving into the tech itself. I hadn't heard some of that
info either, great way to begin.
I agree, a very nice talk, including the way the motivation part
of was handled. I especially liked the example of the group who
typically used Python for rapid prototyping, then re-wrote in C++
for production, who upon trying D for a prototype, were
pleasantly surprised it was performant enough for production.
