D scored well in the Google CodeJam Qualification Round

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:31:34 -0400, Somedude <lovelydear at mailmetrash.com>  
wrote:

> Although there was very few D contestants (only 15 out of 18365
> contestants used D), D scored number 1.
>
> http://go-hero.net/jam/?repost2012
>
> It was only the qualification round, and admittedly, 3 out of 4 problems
> were not extremely interesting.
>
> Still, congrats to hos.lyric, - whoever that is (Kenji ?) -, who managed
> to submit a perfect solution in 1h55, more than 46 mn before the rank 2.
>

This is cool!  I still have my google code jam T-shirt from '03 when it  
was done through TopCoder.

I'm glad D is getting some traction there.  I would caution however, from  
my past experience, that looking at how well one language does vs. another  
is extremely subjective -- really good coders can do really well no matter  
what language they use.  But what *is* important is that a really good  
coder chose D for his/her language.  That gets people interested.

-Steve