On Monday, 16 November 2015 at 22:39:17 UTC, Dan wrote:
I have been lurking on this site over the past few weeks trying
to decide when (and if) to make the transition. Can anyone here
who has already made that transition tell me how smoothly it
went? Any major unexpected problems? Advice?
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 00:33:44 UTC, Chris Wright wrote:
This might change, but that's a gamble, and not one I'd take.
For projects where you need specific libraries to exist
already, D probably won't serve your needs. (It's definitely
easier with C++ interop, but you'd still have to
Thanks everyone for taking the time to respond!
@Lobo,
Start using D now. It's not all or nothing so you don't have to
give up on C++. I have several projects that contain both C++
and D intermixed.
Using both does seem like a good way to transition. I could
combine the strengths of D
On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 14:21:27 UTC, Dan wrote:
Personally, I don't think there is a reason to transition.
Instead, you should learn D and then use it when you are ready.
That is troubling, but reasons to transition must exist or the
language would not exist, right? I find that if I
On Tue, 17 Nov 2015 10:53:04 +, bachmeier wrote:
> On Tuesday, 17 November 2015 at 00:33:44 UTC, Chris Wright wrote:
>> This might change, but that's a gamble, and not one I'd take.
>> For projects where you need specific libraries to exist already, D
>> probably won't serve your needs. (It's
On Mon, 2015-11-16 at 22:39 +, Dan via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
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> My platform of choice is 64-bit Fedora using Code::Blocks (yes, I
> use an IDE as a crutch). It seems that D supports this combo.
Last time I looked at Code::Blocks it couldn't do a dark theme, and the
D support was
On Monday, 16 November 2015 at 22:39:17 UTC, Dan wrote:
I am a very new c++ programmer, having just learned the
language this year.
A few months ago I completed a course on Coursera that dealt
with the security aspect of c (which I don't know, but it is
similar enough):
On Monday, 16 November 2015 at 22:39:17 UTC, Dan wrote:
I have been lurking on this site over the past few weeks trying
to decide when (and if) to make the transition. Can anyone here
who has already made that transition tell me how smoothly it
went? Any major unexpected problems? Advice?
