Website message overhaul

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On Tue, 15 Nov 2011 16:09:38 +0200, Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> 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.
> --------------
>
> FWIW, I *really* think that should stay there, right between "The D
> programming language. Modern convenience. Multi-paradigm power. Native
> efficiency." and the "Modern convenience" section.

Contrary to some (not surprisingly), i *really* like "golang.org".

It is simply precise.

No twitter or facebook bs in the front page.
I am guessing this is because they are rivals but still.