On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 19:49:42 UTC, Andy Smith wrote:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 19:47:04 UTC, Gary Willoughby
wrote:
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 18:47:58 UTC, Andrei
Alexandrescu wrote:
I'm thinking of inviting a notable industry luminary to
deliver a conference keynote. Please reply to this with
ideas! -- Andrei
It may seem a little left-field but what about someone like
Jonathan Blow? The guy has obviously evaluated D for games
programming and subsequently decided that it is not suitable
for him, but his insight could be valuable and a talk about D
interesting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH9VCN6UkyQ&t=8m35s
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2kxi89/jonathan_blow_a_programming_language_for_games/
https://twitter.com/Jonathan_Blow
Hahah +1 Gary! I was considering suggesting him as well but my
first suggestion bombed a little. John Carmac has made some
positive comments about D - he'd be a bit of a coup ...
John Carmack would be an amazing speaker; I love listening to his
Quakecon/Oculus Connect talks. Problem is he can go for hours on
end and routinely goes way over time. Also he's busy building the
foundation for an entire new paradigm in entertainment.
