Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
TDPL, currently counting 398 pages including a small index, has entered editorial review this morning. The book draft includes everything except the threading chapter. I've marked the personal record of writing one chapter in one night :o).
Congratulations. I must profess that over the last couple of months I've been feeling a big uptick of enthusiasm about D2. It is really quit an amazing language and with library and tool support should be able to deliver what C, C++, Java, C# (and lately Go) have not.
I did go through a period of skepticism about D leadership when I realized that D2 was not really backwards compatible with D1 and had trouble understanding why llvm hasn't played a bigger role in the long term planning of the project. I have since come around to the point of view that my fears were mostly misplaced...D2 is something quite special and I think ultimately will take hold.
Ok, enough gushing :-). merlin
