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

[Shriramana Sharma via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Tue, Dec 2, 2014 at 10:45 PM, Mayuresh Kathe via
Digitalmars-d-learn <digitalmars-d-learn at puremagic.com> wrote:
> Okay, if that is the case, I'll dive into Mr. Alexandrescu's book as soon as
> I get my copy.
> BTW, how come all of you address him as Andrei?

Heh -- possibly you haven't interacted on international technical
mailing lists like this. For us (you and me) in India we are used to
employ/expect such honorifics, and in fact it would be considered
somewhat disrespectful if we didn't, but in my early days interacting
with people from "western" countries on the net, I was actually
discouraged from using "Mr" because it made people feel "old"! :-)

FWIW while we're talking honorifics, he's *Dr* Alexandrescu as in Ph D
doc. :-) [I'm one too, but you won't find me having mentioned it
anywhere earlier! :-) That's informal.]

Re Andrei's book versus Ali's, the latter is a more starting from the
basics approach whereas Andrei's book is more targeted at people
coming from other languages. (This is a judgment I read somewhere --
perhaps on this forum? -- and which I agree with, sorta.)

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