Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-08-19 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On Saturday, 17 August 2013 at 15:22:26 UTC, Carl Sturtivant wrote: Well, CS2 in D is over, and grades are in. Being a summer course it was conducted at twice the speed as in a regular semester. [...]

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-08-18 Thread Ali Çehreli
What a wonderful report! :) On 08/17/2013 08:22 AM, Carl Sturtivant wrote: Ali Çehreli's tutorial played a central role supporting students especially during the first half of the course --- without it the course simply would not have worked, so many thanks Ali --- and an important part of

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-08-17 Thread Carl Sturtivant
What happened is that I unclear what the state of play is; I am not asserting the wrongness of TDPL. Still, I am reassured by your responses. Hi Carl -- TDPL is for the most part in good shape. There are a few inaccuracies, but I'd say most concern corner cases that are unlike to deter the

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-08-17 Thread deadalnix
On Saturday, 17 August 2013 at 15:22:26 UTC, Carl Sturtivant wrote: Hello Andrei, Ali, Well, CS2 in D is over, and grades are in. Being a summer course it was conducted at twice the speed as in a regular semester. [...] That is truly awesome news !

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-06-12 Thread Carl Sturtivant
Sure, there's stuff that TDPL doesn't describe, but TDPL never described everything (for instance, it doesn't go into a detailed explanation of the various types of is expressions). But that's different from it being incorrect due to language changes, which seems to be what Carl is saying is

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-06-12 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 6/12/13 5:07 PM, Carl Sturtivant wrote: Sure, there's stuff that TDPL doesn't describe, but TDPL never described everything (for instance, it doesn't go into a detailed explanation of the various types of is expressions). But that's different from it being incorrect due to language changes,

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-06-02 Thread Carl Sturtivant
This is awesome! I'm sure I speak on behalf of the entire community that we'd be happy to help with anything you need. There is, perhaps, a need for a short technical document bringing TDPL up to date, i.e. consistent with the currently accepted view of the definition of D (wherever that

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-06-02 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On Monday, June 03, 2013 00:29:09 Carl Sturtivant wrote: This is awesome! I'm sure I speak on behalf of the entire community that we'd be happy to help with anything you need. There is, perhaps, a need for a short technical document bringing TDPL up to date, i.e. consistent with the

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-06-02 Thread Leandro Motta Barros
Maybe stuff added to the language? User-defined attributes, for instance. LMB On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 7:45 PM, Jonathan M Davis jmdavisp...@gmx.com wrote: On Monday, June 03, 2013 00:29:09 Carl Sturtivant wrote: This is awesome! I'm sure I speak on behalf of the entire community that we'd be

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-06-02 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On Sunday, June 02, 2013 21:56:30 Leandro Motta Barros wrote: Maybe stuff added to the language? User-defined attributes, for instance. Sure, there's stuff that TDPL doesn't describe, but TDPL never described everything (for instance, it doesn't go into a detailed explanation of the various

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-05-07 Thread Michael Engelhardt
Am 07.05.2013 00:37, schrieb Carl Sturtivant: Yes, I will be teaching CSci 1902 in D during the eight week summer term. As CSci 1902 is being taught in the summer, there will only be about 60 students instead two or three times as many during Spring or Fall semester. Any chances that the

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-05-07 Thread Carl Sturtivant
On Tuesday, 7 May 2013 at 11:12:51 UTC, Michael Engelhardt wrote: Am 07.05.2013 00:37, schrieb Carl Sturtivant: Yes, I will be teaching CSci 1902 in D during the eight week summer term. As CSci 1902 is being taught in the summer, there will only be about 60 students instead two or three

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-05-07 Thread Carl Sturtivant
On Monday, 6 May 2013 at 22:45:15 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: This is awesome! I'm sure I speak on behalf of the entire community that we'd be happy to help with anything you need. Thanks for the offer of support. I'll see what emerges as the course proceeds. Some feedback on what was

D at University of Minnesota

2013-05-06 Thread Ali Çehreli
I told Chuck Allison and others at DConf that I had heard that Programming in D[1] was going to be used for teaching D at another university. Here is an excerpt from an email that I had received from Carl Sturtivant in March: === I will be teaching an elementary data structures

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-05-06 Thread Carl Sturtivant
Yes, I will be teaching CSci 1902 in D during the eight week summer term. As CSci 1902 is being taught in the summer, there will only be about 60 students instead two or three times as many during Spring or Fall semester. Without Ali's book to support the use of D taught in class, this

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-05-06 Thread Andrei Alexandrescu
On 5/6/13 6:37 PM, Carl Sturtivant wrote: Yes, I will be teaching CSci 1902 in D during the eight week summer term. As CSci 1902 is being taught in the summer, there will only be about 60 students instead two or three times as many during Spring or Fall semester. Without Ali's book to

Re: D at University of Minnesota

2013-05-06 Thread bearophile
Andrei Alexandrescu: This is awesome! I'm sure I speak on behalf of the entire community that we'd be happy to help with anything you need. I am willing to help students, in private emails, or just in D.learn :-) Bye, bearophile