Re: DigitalMars' GSoC application has been rejected

2014-03-03 Thread Bruno Medeiros
On 27/02/2014 22:25, Brad Roberts wrote: Also, keep in mind that GSoC is pretty much two things: 1) a nice little pay check for students 2) a bit of structure around getting work done I would say it's one more thing too: Being able to say you participated in GSoC (for your

My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Adam D. Ruppe
As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book I was hoping to have it finished in time for the D conference, but

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Chris
On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 16:37:49 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book I was

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread JR
On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 16:37:49 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book I was

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Meta
On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 16:37:49 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book I was

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Adam D. Ruppe
On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 17:06:36 UTC, Meta wrote: Will the book also be available on Amazon? Yes, closer to the release date.

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Meta
On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 17:11:59 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 17:06:36 UTC, Meta wrote: Will the book also be available on Amazon? Yes, closer to the release date. Great, I'm excited to read it.

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Walter Bright
On 3/3/2014 8:37 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book Congratulations! This is a

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Théo.Bueno
On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 16:37:49 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book This

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Craig Dillabaugh
On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 16:37:49 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book I was

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Gary Willoughby
On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 16:37:49 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book I was

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Francesco Cattoglio
On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 16:37:49 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book I see

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread bearophile
Adam D. Ruppe: My goal is to act as a nice complement to Andrei's book, not to repeat it, so while I do cover a lot of language features, I try to do them in the context of bigger picture tasks. So hopefully, the books can go together and reinforce each other. Congratulations Adam :-) Now

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Dicebot
Damn, soon I will need to actually think before choosing what book to recommend to newbies! :)

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Philippe Sigaud
On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 11:37:48 -0500, Adam D. Ruppe destructiona...@gmail.com wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website:

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 3/3/14, 8:37 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book Let's share this on reddit

Re: DConf 2014 publishes schedule, opens registration

2014-03-03 Thread Dicebot
Yay! It is funny how many talk descriptions have some focus on topic of templates :) Will be quite a Conf!D this time ;)

Re: Dconf Hotel?

2014-03-03 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Fri, 21 Feb 2014 10:22:13 -0500, Steven Schveighoffer schvei...@yahoo.com wrote: Last year, at the conference, after the sessions everyone met up at the Aloft hotel near Facebook's HQ to have passionate and fruitful discussions about D and I think a lot of good came out of it. As

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread extrawurst
On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 22:36:29 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: On 03/03/2014 09:24 AM, Walter Bright wrote: I was hoping to have it finished in time for the D conference, but the publisher thought that was too soon to be realistic and it is looking like they are right... Dang, we could have

Re: DConf 2014 publishes schedule, opens registration

2014-03-03 Thread Alessandro Stamatto
Damn! No spoilers about the mysterious Scott Meyers talk, what is the last thing D needs?!?!?! Curious! 8-)

Re: DConf 2014 publishes schedule, opens registration

2014-03-03 Thread deadalnix
On Tuesday, 4 March 2014 at 00:13:05 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: On 03/03/2014 04:09 PM, Alessandro Stamatto wrote: Damn! No spoilers about the mysterious Scott Meyers talk, what is the last thing D needs?!?!?! Curious! 8-) Scott himself? ;) Ali The effective one.

Re: DConf 2014 publishes schedule, opens registration

2014-03-03 Thread Alessandro Stamatto
On Tuesday, 4 March 2014 at 00:13:05 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: On 03/03/2014 04:09 PM, Alessandro Stamatto wrote: Damn! No spoilers about the mysterious Scott Meyers talk, what is the last thing D needs?!?!?! Curious! 8-) Scott himself? ;) Ali That would be a fun, somewhat plot-twist.

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Mike
On Monday, 3 March 2014 at 16:37:49 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Nick Sabalausky
On 3/3/2014 11:37 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book Sounds awesome, congrats!

Re: DConf 2014 publishes schedule, opens registration

2014-03-03 Thread Nick Sabalausky
On 3/3/2014 4:31 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: http://dconf.org Looks like a fantastic lineup! Incredibly curious about that Scott Meyers one.

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread John J
On 03/03/2014 11:37 AM, Adam D. Ruppe wrote: As some of you might know, I've been working on a D book over the last few months. It is now available as coming soon on the publisher's website: http://www.packtpub.com/discover-advantages-of-programming-in-d-cookbook/book I was hoping to have it

Re: DConf 2014 publishes schedule, opens registration

2014-03-03 Thread Walter Bright
On 3/3/2014 1:31 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: http://dconf.org We're proud to present an amazing lineup of presentations. We've got one of the best programming conferences out there. I can't wait :-)

Re: DConf 2014 publishes schedule, opens registration

2014-03-03 Thread Steven Schveighoffer
On Mon, 03 Mar 2014 19:09:49 -0500, Alessandro Stamatto astama...@gmail.com wrote: Damn! No spoilers about the mysterious Scott Meyers talk, what is the last thing D needs?!?!?! Curious! 8-) I'm uncertain if the last thing D needs is more like A kick in the crotch is the last thing you

Re: My D book is now officially coming soon

2014-03-03 Thread Jonathan Dunlap
I'm excited to check it out! +1 preorder