Re: D : dmd vs gdc : which one to choose?

2015-02-19 Thread Mayuresh Kathe via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 19 February 2015 at 09:10:16 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote: On 19/02/2015 9:46 p.m., Mayuresh Kathe wrote: How do I (a newbie to D) figure out which compiler set to use? I am running Ubuntu 14.10, and intend to stick with it in the long term. Should I choose DMD or go with GDC? I wo

D : dmd vs gdc : which one to choose?

2015-02-19 Thread Mayuresh Kathe via Digitalmars-d-learn
How do I (a newbie to D) figure out which compiler set to use? I am running Ubuntu 14.10, and intend to stick with it in the long term. Should I choose DMD or go with GDC? I would like to know the rationale for suggestions for either. Thanks.

Re: Learning D for a non computer science background person : pre-requisite knowledge?

2014-12-02 Thread Mayuresh Kathe via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 17:33:18 UTC, Gary Willoughby wrote: On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 17:15:28 UTC, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: Okay, if that is the case, I'll dive into Mr. Alexandrescu's book as soon as I get my copy. No need to wait that long. I second H.S. Teoh's suggestion to reco

Re: Learning D for a non computer science background person : pre-requisite knowledge?

2014-12-02 Thread Mayuresh Kathe via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 17:10:57 UTC, Tobias Pankrath wrote: Thanks for the welcome. :) I think I'll just work through Discrete Mathematics and Machine Organization before approaching Mr. Alexandrescu's book, would take up only 6 ~ 8 months of my time, and would be really good for me i

Re: Learning D for a non computer science background person : pre-requisite knowledge?

2014-12-02 Thread Mayuresh Kathe via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 16:54:50 UTC, CraigDillabaugh wrote: On Tuesday, 2 December 2014 at 16:38:34 UTC, Mayuresh Kathe wrote: While I have been a programmer for close to 23 years, it's been mostly API level code cobbling work. Would like to learn "D", but am a bit intimidated by the f

Learning D for a non computer science background person : pre-requisite knowledge?

2014-12-02 Thread Mayuresh Kathe via Digitalmars-d-learn
While I have been a programmer for close to 23 years, it's been mostly API level code cobbling work. Would like to learn "D", but am a bit intimidated by the fact that I don't have much of a grasp over the foundational stuff (discrete mathematics, machine organization, etc.) and hence am prep