On Wednesday, 1 March 2017 at 17:09:51 UTC, Jared Jeffries wrote:
I think it should instead be advertised as the perfect language to learn programming and web development, because that's where it really shines, IMHO.
I agree, but we need an intro to programming class using D as the language in order to do that. Most of the materials for the language assume you have programming experience. You can't just say that D allows you to use pointers and other low-level constructs, you have to explain what a pointer is and what you do with it. The same goes for functional programming, OOP, contracts, compile time, and so on. That's a big task. Ali's book is great as an introduction to the language, but not really sufficient as a beginning programming tutorial.
