On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 09:27:03PM +0100, qznc wrote: > I read an interesting article [0] with a weird title. It got me > thinking about Ds marketing [1]. Are we too focused on the C++ > programmers? Most of them are very unlikely to switch. In > comparison, D should be much easier to sell to people, who are > already considering Go/Scala/Clojure/Node.js/etc. I restructured [2] > the tutorial to target them more specifically. > > [0] http://braythwayt.com/2013/11/27/herd-thither-me-hither.html#revised > [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6814922 > [2] http://qznc.github.io/d-tut/basics.html
Under the section "For Go Programmers", the wording of the 2nd paragraph is a bit unfortunate: Why would you prefer D? D supports generic programming, which means less code and type safety. ... ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ That could be misinterpreted to mean "less code and less type safety". (I know it sounds silly, but you never know... first impressions can mean a lot to a newcomer.) Maybe a better wording might be: "... less code and better type safety." ? T -- Любишь кататься - люби и саночки возить.