Using D is a win

[Alexander Panek]

Daniel Keep wrote:
> 
> Sean Kelly wrote:
>> BLS wrote:
>>> Walter said : "D is not a language made for beginners"  and further :
>>> "They (the nubes) should start with Java, VB or someting similar."
>>>
>>> I disagree. You can learn Programming using D. You can teach yourself
>>> advanced programming technics without having a too steep learing curve
>>> and  without having too much trouble in learning exotic language
>>> constructs.
>> Agreed.  My first language in college was Pascal, the second, C++.  D
>> could have been used for both classes... certainly for the second, at
>> least.
>>
>> Sean
> 
> I'd have to say that D makes a good *second* language, but not so much a
> good first language.  Something like Python definitely makes a better
> first language since it allows people to focus on learning how to solve
> problems.  I personally think it's more important to get them used to
> problem-solving than "now, do I need a 32-bit or 64-bit int for this?
> Should I use a struct or a class?"
> 
> But then, maybe that's just me :)
> 
> 	-- Daniel

Oh, ..well.. strong typed languages might be not as easy in the 
beginning, but I do think they require quite some *important* 
discipline. Apart from that, D is a rather intuitive language (for me, 
at least), which could be helpful in someone's case.

Kind regards,
Alex