On 21 May 2013 14:09, Regan Heath <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, 21 May 2013 13:56:05 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu > <[email protected]> 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 outdated, but still good.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 > > -- > Using Opera's revolutionary email client: http://www.opera.com/mail/
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';
