On Sunday, 16 December 2018 at 19:57:08 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
On 12/16/18 1:37 PM, Marko wrote:
On Amazon The D Programming Language has good reviews but it's
8 years old. So is this book still relevant today?
Mostly, yes. And it's a pretty good book, even if it has some
outdated
On Sunday, 16 December 2018 at 18:37:15 UTC, Marko wrote:
On Amazon The D Programming Language has good reviews but it's
8 years old. So is this book still relevant today?
Yes, I would recommend it. It is meant to be comprehensive but
introductory, so many language or library changes since
On Tuesday, 18 December 2018 at 01:16:54 UTC, Adam D Ruppe wrote:
They're obvious. Stuff like doubled ; at the end of lines in
code samples, or curly quotes when they should be straight.
(They are the result of me fighting Microsoft Word and the
review process with the publisher.)
A few
On Tuesday, 18 December 2018 at 00:36:12 UTC, Ron Tarrant wrote:
Are these typos obvious, or is there an errata?
They're obvious. Stuff like doubled ; at the end of lines in code
samples, or curly quotes when they should be straight. (They are
the result of me fighting Microsoft Word and the
On Tue, Dec 18, 2018 at 12:36:12AM +, Ron Tarrant via Digitalmars-d-learn
wrote:
> On Monday, 17 December 2018 at 15:32:37 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
>
> > There's a few minor changes in mine (the D Cookbook one), and a few
> > typos in the book I didn't catch until too late that mean some
>
On Monday, 17 December 2018 at 15:32:37 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
There's a few minor changes in mine (the D Cookbook one), and a
few typos in the book I didn't catch until too late that mean
some examples won't literally compile anyway, but they are all
quite small.
Are these typos
On Sunday, 16 December 2018 at 22:02:44 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
Sometimes Packt has sales and you can get them pretty cheap.
All Packt ebooks are on sale for $5 right now, so this is a great
time to pick up both books along with Kai's Vibe.d book.
On Monday, 17 December 2018 at 06:08:58 UTC, Jani Hur wrote:
Publish dates are 2014 and 2015. How much the language has
changed/evolved since then and how much it will evolve in
future ?
There's a few minor changes in mine (the D Cookbook one), and a
few typos in the book I didn't catch
On Monday, 17 December 2018 at 06:08:58 UTC, Jani Hur wrote:
Publish dates are 2014 and 2015. How much the language has
changed/evolved since then and how much it will evolve in
future ? So are these books relevant today and still next two
years ?
There haven't been any changes in the
On Sunday, 16 December 2018 at 22:02:44 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
I can recommend D Cookbook
https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/d-cookbook
and Learning D
https://www.packtpub.com/application-development/learning-d
Publish dates are 2014 and 2015. How much the language has
On 12/16/2018 11:57 AM, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On 12/16/18 1:37 PM, Marko wrote:
>> On Amazon The D Programming Language has good reviews but it's 8 years
>> old. So is this book still relevant today?
I would still enjoy reading that book but some parts do not match current D.
>
On Sunday, 16 December 2018 at 18:37:15 UTC, Marko wrote:
On Amazon The D Programming Language has good reviews but it's
8 years old. So is this book still relevant today?
Would you recommend another book?
PS: I am already a programmer writing mainly in C and C#.
Thanks,
Marko.
I can
On Sunday, 16 December 2018 at 19:57:08 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer
wrote:
I hope you feel right at home here :) But I must warn you, if
you're anything like me, you will hate having to go back to
another language.
-Steve
I think that's how most people start to feel when they start
using D
On 12/16/18 1:37 PM, Marko wrote:
On Amazon The D Programming Language has good reviews but it's 8 years
old. So is this book still relevant today?
Mostly, yes. And it's a pretty good book, even if it has some outdated
parts. There's errata somewhere too.
Would you recommend another book?
On Amazon The D Programming Language has good reviews but it's 8
years old. So is this book still relevant today?
Would you recommend another book?
PS: I am already a programmer writing mainly in C and C#.
Thanks,
Marko.
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