Website message overhaul

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2011-11-15 15:09, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
> "Andrei Alexandrescu"<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org>  wrote in message
> news:j9tpa6$1icu$1 at digitalmars.com...
>> On 11/15/11 12:37 AM, Peter Alexander wrote:
>>> The current site is a wall of text that takes too long to tell me *what*
>>> D is. There needs to be some sort of "D at a glance" that explains what
>>> the language is without going into details.
>>
>> "The D programming language. Modern convenience. Multi-paradigm power.
>> Native efficiency."
>>
>> It's right there at the top in big letters.
>>
>
> That's not bad, but I think it's an absolute shame to loose this, which I've
> always thought was perfect (well, with "functional" added to the list of
> progrmming styles in paragraph 2):
>
> --------------
> D is a systems programming language. Its focus is on combining the power and
> high performance of C and C++ with the programmer productivity of modern
> languages like Ruby and Python. Special attention is given to the needs of
> quality assurance, documentation, management, portability and reliability.
>
> The D language is statically typed and compiles directly to machine code. It's
> multiparadigm, supporting many programming styles: imperative, object
> oriented, and metaprogramming. It's a member of the C syntax family, and its
> appearance is very similar to that of C++. Here's a quick list of features.
>
> It is not governed by a corporate agenda or any overarching theory of
> programming.
> --------------

I miss those paragraphs too. I always basically quote those paragraphs 
when explaining to someone what kind of language D is.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg