On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 04:15:12PM +0200, Somedude wrote: > Le 18/04/2012 14:34, Paul a écrit : > > I bought the book and am trying to patiently learn this language. I > > follow various tutorials here and around the web that frequently > > won't compile. I suspect it has something to do with > > D1/D2/Phobos/Tango and not just really poor unvetted tutorials. It > > would really be helpful if those providing references, code > > snippets, tutorials, etc clearly identify the context (i.e > > D1/D2/Phobos/Tango). I just think it would help accelerate the > > spread and acceptance of this language if more of the code worked as > > listed.
dlang.org is the official source for the current version of D. > > If people are out cruising the web and download a fresh copy of D > > with excitement (about a cleaned-up, updated c-type systems > > language) and then the first several things don't compile w/o > > errors, they're going to move on. > > > > Thanks so much to all who provide references, tutorials, etc! It is > > great service in helping others learn. I hope this is seen as > > constructive criticism for that is what it is. Unfortunately there isn't really a way to "deprecate" the D1-specific tutorials floating out on the web right now... we could do with more publicity for dlang.org and other up-to-date D sites, though. [...] > It's simple: use D2, and forget about Tango. [...] +1. T -- It is the quality rather than the quantity that matters. -- Lucius Annaeus Seneca
