Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-30 Thread Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d
How about we (ie you, the language expert!) jot down a few more points to later turn into a short but useful article on how to deal with the GC in practical situations? I'm by far not a language expert, especially with manual memory management. I can only discuss what I've dealt with my ow

Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
at 04:16:38 UTC, weaselcat wrote: On Monday, 30 March 2015 at 00:57:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: http://blog.experimentalworks.net/2015/01/the-d-language-a-sweet-spot-between-python-and-c/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/30qqck

Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d
March 2015 at 00:57:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: http://blog.experimentalworks.net/2015/01/the-d-language-a-sweet-spot-between-python-and-c/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/30qqck/the_d_language_a_sweetspot_between_python_and_c/ a lot of the people in the thread are

Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
://blog.experimentalworks.net/2015/01/the-d-language-a-sweet-spot-between-python-and-c/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/30qqck/the_d_language_a_sweetspot_between_python_and_c/ a lot of the people in the thread are unaware that D even has RAII like C++, and think it's just

Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread Jonathan via Digitalmars-d
The syntax was a big part of D that got me hooked. It just feels right, as Python syntax often does, but with D there's raw power behind it. I once wrote a few programs using a made up language to dream of my ideal language: D is the closest language that fits the bill. The constructs had lan

Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread weaselcat via Digitalmars-d
-sweet-spot-between-python-and-c/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/30qqck/the_d_language_a_sweetspot_between_python_and_c/ a lot of the people in the thread are unaware that D even has RAII like C++, and think it's just a GC language like java/etc. Maybe this is some

Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d
On 30/03/2015 5:25 p.m., Laeeth Isharc wrote: On Monday, 30 March 2015 at 04:16:38 UTC, weaselcat wrote: On Monday, 30 March 2015 at 00:57:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: http://blog.experimentalworks.net/2015/01/the-d-language-a-sweet-spot-between-python-and-c/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r

Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread Laeeth Isharc via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 30 March 2015 at 04:16:38 UTC, weaselcat wrote: On Monday, 30 March 2015 at 00:57:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: http://blog.experimentalworks.net/2015/01/the-d-language-a-sweet-spot-between-python-and-c/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/30qqck

Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread weaselcat via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 30 March 2015 at 00:57:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: http://blog.experimentalworks.net/2015/01/the-d-language-a-sweet-spot-between-python-and-c/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/30qqck/the_d_language_a_sweetspot_between_python_and_c/ a lot of the people in the

Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread Joakim via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 30 March 2015 at 03:37:21 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: On 3/29/15 5:56 PM, Walter Bright wrote: http://blog.experimentalworks.net/2015/01/the-d-language-a-sweet-spot-between-python-and-c/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/30qqck

Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d
On 3/29/15 5:56 PM, Walter Bright wrote: http://blog.experimentalworks.net/2015/01/the-d-language-a-sweet-spot-between-python-and-c/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/30qqck/the_d_language_a_sweetspot_between_python_and_c/ Found one more article: https://www.reddit.com/r

Re: The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread lobo via Digitalmars-d
On Monday, 30 March 2015 at 00:57:06 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: http://blog.experimentalworks.net/2015/01/the-d-language-a-sweet-spot-between-python-and-c/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/30qqck/the_d_language_a_sweetspot_between_python_and_c/ The syntax was a big part

The D Language: A sweet-spot between Python and C

2015-03-29 Thread Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d
http://blog.experimentalworks.net/2015/01/the-d-language-a-sweet-spot-between-python-and-c/ Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/30qqck/the_d_language_a_sweetspot_between_python_and_c/