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[gogamza]

thanks for good article.
I felt good impression.

I love D language too, but I can't use in my Work. because of it is my own preferance, not my co-worker.

so I have using D  in my paper work of my own study.


~gogamza


John Demme Wrote:

> llee wrote:
> 
> > I'm currently enrolled in Goucher college as a computer science major.
> > I've been programming in D for several years as a hobby, and would like to
> > pursue it as a career. It seems that the market is dominated by C++ and D
> > programmers will have a difficult time finding employment. Does anyone
> > know of any programming firms looking for people possessing skills in D?
> > It's unfortunate since D seems superior to both C, and C++. Hopefully the
> > situation will change in a few years as D increases in popularity. P.S.
> > There are currently a number of certifications that C++ programmers can
> > pursue to demonstrate their knowledge of the language. Are there any
> > available for the D community?
> 
> 
> Don't become a D programmer.  Don't become a C++ programmer.  Don't become a
> C# or a Java programmer.  You really don't want to become a Ruby or Python
> programmer.
> 
> Just be a programmer.  (Or engineer, architect, designer.. whatever)
> 
> Get the basics down, and program as much as you can in as many different
> languages are you possibly can.  The closer you get to guru status, the
> less the language matters.  In the end, they're all just syntactical sugar
> hiding the assembly (which isn't really the lowest level.)  It's better to
> think of languages as tools in the tool box.  D may be one hell of a Swiss
> army knife, but you wouldn't build a machine shop with just a lathe (not a
> very good one at least.)  Plus, If you program for any significant length
> of time, you'll have to learn some new languages.
> 
>   Anyway- programming is about solving a problem, not how you express the   
> solution.
> 
>   IMO, certifications are worthless.
> 
>   Personally, I shy away from gigs for "C++ programmers" and the like,
> because I'm a problem solver, not a C++ monkey.
> 
> 
> That said, it is unfortunate that D doesn't have wider acceptance.  I guess
> companies like to standardize on languages since they think it will make
> code more readable to the general employee coder populace and thus increase
> code reuse and cut development time- too bad that's not the case. 
> 
>   Intelligent programmers are what make for good code.
> 
>   Hawk yourself, not the language.
> 
>   Work with intelligent people, and the development environment will follow.
> 
> 
> Sorry to get preachy, but IMO, people get way too hung up on the language. 
> The biggest thing I look for in a gig (well, after money, that is) is the
> people I'm working with.  I'll program in any language if I can work with
> smart people.
> 
> By the way, the D community is filled with smart people.  D is a great
> language, but I've stuck with it mostly because of the community, not D
> itself.
> 
> -- 
> ~John Demme
> me at teqdruid.com