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

[Tobias Pankrath via Digitalmars-d-learn]

> 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 in the long term.

No! If you know how to program and want to learn D, start reading 
Andrei's book now. Any discrete math class is only a distraction. 
Read up on discrete math in parallel or if the need arises.