On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 16:54:50 UTC, CraigDillabaugh
wrote:
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 16:38:34 UTC, Mayuresh Kathe
wrote:
While I have been a programmer for close to 23 years, it's
been mostly API level code cobbling work.
Would like to learn "D", but am a bit intimidated by the fact
that I don't have much of a grasp over the foundational stuff
(discrete mathematics, machine organization, etc.) and hence
am preparing for the same.
Would like to know if there be anything else I should work
through before approaching "D" via Mr. Alexandrescu's book.
Thanks.
If you have been programming for 23 years there is absolutely
no reason why you should struggle with D due to your lack of
discrete math, machine organization knowledge, etc. You
certainly shouldn't have any trouble following Andrei's book,
which is very easy to follow, although having some discrete
math is helpful in keeping up with some of his forum posts :o)
Welcome to the D world!
Thanks for the welcome. :)
I think I'll just work through Discrete Mathematics and Machine
Organization before approaching Mr. Alexandrescu's book, would
take up only 6 ~ 8 months of my time, and would be really good
for me in the long term.
