D vs Java as a first programming language

[Sean Kelly]

Chris R. Miller wrote:
> 
> I think that part of computer science is appreciating the proverbial 
> "black-box" of architecture and learning how to use an abstracted system 
> that you don't know how the whole thing works.  To a degree you need to 
> train yourself to ignore the dead zones in your understanding and to do 
> the best with what you have.

Agreed.  It may have simply been an issue for her because she was in a 
learning environment and so had different expectations than she would 
have otherwise.

> She must be really fond of closed-source proprietary APIs that hide 
> everything about their implementation, eh?  ;-)

*snicker* :-)


Sean