On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:09:38 +0200, Nick Sabalausky <a@a.a> wrote:
"Andrei Alexandrescu" <seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote in message
news:j9tpa6$1icu$1...@digitalmars.com...
On 11/15/11 12:37 AM, Peter Alexander wrote:
The current site is a wall of text that takes too long to tell me
*what*
D is. There needs to be some sort of "D at a glance" that explains what
the language is without going into details.
"The D programming language. Modern convenience. Multi-paradigm power.
Native efficiency."
It's right there at the top in big letters.
That's not bad, but I think it's an absolute shame to loose this, which
I've
always thought was perfect (well, with "functional" added to the list of
progrmming styles in paragraph 2):
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D is a systems programming language. Its focus is on combining the power
and
high performance of C and C++ with the programmer productivity of modern
languages like Ruby and Python. Special attention is given to the needs
of
quality assurance, documentation, management, portability and
reliability.
The D language is statically typed and compiles directly to machine
code. It's
multiparadigm, supporting many programming styles: imperative, object
oriented, and metaprogramming. It's a member of the C syntax family, and
its
appearance is very similar to that of C++. Here's a quick list of
features.
It is not governed by a corporate agenda or any overarching theory of
programming.
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FWIW, I *really* think that should stay there, right between "The D
programming language. Modern convenience. Multi-paradigm power. Native
efficiency." and the "Modern convenience" section.
Contrary to some (not surprisingly), i *really* like "golang.org".
It is simply precise.
No twitter or facebook bs in the front page.
I am guessing this is because they are rivals but still.
