Re: Is D programming friendly for beginners?

2024-03-12 Thread Mike Shah via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 20:40:49 UTC, Meta wrote: On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 16:20:29 UTC, matheus. wrote: On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 14:52:32 UTC, Mike Shah wrote: ... I really think D would be a wonderful first language.  Fast feedback, no need to manage memory, and easy to use

Re: Is D programming friendly for beginners?

2024-03-12 Thread H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 08:40:49PM +, Meta via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: [...] > I think it really depends on the person. My first language was C++, which > was absolute hell to learn as a complete beginner to programming, but I > really wanted to learn a language with low-level

Re: Is D programming friendly for beginners?

2024-03-12 Thread Meta via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 16:20:29 UTC, matheus. wrote: On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 14:52:32 UTC, Mike Shah wrote: ... I really think D would be a wonderful first language.  Fast feedback, no need to manage memory, and easy to use built-in data structures would make for a nice intro

Re: Is D programming friendly for beginners?

2024-03-12 Thread Andrea Fontana via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 19:12:03 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: I don't know how CS programs are carried out these days, but back when I was in university, the choice of language is largely irrelevant, because the whole point of a programming course isn't to teach you a specific language, but to

Re: Is D programming friendly for beginners?

2024-03-12 Thread H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 06:03:43PM +, Lance Bachmeier via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: > On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 17:03:42 UTC, Mike Shah wrote: > > > As a note, the 'which language is best for CS 1' debate has long > > been debated -- but at least in a school setting, I've found the >

Re: Is D programming friendly for beginners?

2024-03-12 Thread M.M. via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 18:03:43 UTC, Lance Bachmeier wrote: On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 17:03:42 UTC, Mike Shah wrote: As a note, the 'which language is best for CS 1' debate has long been debated -- but at least in a school setting, I've found the quality/enthusiasm/encouragement of

Re: Is D programming friendly for beginners?

2024-03-12 Thread Lance Bachmeier via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 17:03:42 UTC, Mike Shah wrote: As a note, the 'which language is best for CS 1' debate has long been debated -- but at least in a school setting, I've found the quality/enthusiasm/encouragement of the teacher to be the most important aspect regardless of language

Re: Is D programming friendly for beginners?

2024-03-12 Thread Mike Shah via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 16:20:29 UTC, matheus. wrote: On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 14:52:32 UTC, Mike Shah wrote: ... I really think D would be a wonderful first language.  Fast feedback, no need to manage memory, and easy to use built-in data structures would make for a nice intro

Re: Is D programming friendly for beginners?

2024-03-12 Thread matheus. via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 14:52:32 UTC, Mike Shah wrote: ... I really think D would be a wonderful first language.  Fast feedback, no need to manage memory, and easy to use built-in data structures would make for a nice intro course. If you say that D would be a good language to learn in

Re: Is D programming friendly for beginners?

2024-03-12 Thread Mike Shah via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 14:03:30 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote: On Monday, 11 March 2024 at 12:30:10 UTC, Doigt wrote: On Monday, 4 March 2024 at 13:37:53 UTC, Fidele wrote: I want to start learning D programming language it looks interesting Depends what you mean by "beginner". If you've

Re: Is D programming friendly for beginners?

2024-03-12 Thread Bastiaan Veelo via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 11 March 2024 at 12:30:10 UTC, Doigt wrote: On Monday, 4 March 2024 at 13:37:53 UTC, Fidele wrote: I want to start learning D programming language it looks interesting Depends what you mean by "beginner". If you've never programmed before and D is your first language, then the