Website message overhaul

[Andrea Fontana]

I think most of programmers has an analytical mind. So IMHO a comparison
chart (with others programming languages) of features / benchmark /
"how-tos" will work better than a page filled of words. 

Il giorno lun, 14/11/2011 alle 10.15 +0100, Timon Gehr ha scritto:

> On 11/14/2011 02:50 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> > Walter and I have been working on the website for a while. We want to
> > crystallize a clear message of what the D programming language is.
> >
> > Please take a look at http://d-programming-language.org/new/. The work
> > is content-only (no significant changes in style, though collapsible
> > examples and twitter news are a new style element).
> >
> > Feedback is welcome.
> >
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andrei
> 
> Looks good, I think this is the right direction.
> 
> Nitpicks:
> 
> 1.
> 
> // Type deduction works for function results. This is important for generic
> // functions, such as min below, which works correctly for all comparable
> // types.
> auto min(T1, T2)(T1 lhs, T2 rhs) {
>      return rhs < lhs ? rhs : lhs;
> }
> 
> It does not. The two types need to have a common type as well.
> 
> 2.
> 
> The scope statement example should actually show transactional code. 
> Otherwise the poor reader feels fooled into clicking "See example".
> Using scope(exit) to write something at function exit is useful for 
> debugging, but scope(failure) is the real thing that is important to show.
> 
> 3.
> 
> If contract inheritance is to be promoted on the front page (and it is 
> certainly something that may attract developers), it should actually work.
> 
> 4.
> 
> If we can find a less buzzy word than 'Multi-paradigm power' to describe 
> D's multi-paradigm power, that would be nice, but I am also fine with 
> the current state of affairs.
> 
> 5.
> 
> The most important language features are not displayed at all. Where are 
> Metaprogramming, CTFE and code generation? It sure is hard to come up 
> with a short but convincing example, but I think we should try to.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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