DConf 2013 keynote

Jeff Nowakowski jeff at dilacero.org
Sat May 11 13:07:12 PDT 2013


On 05/11/2013 12:45 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>
> Yes, which is why I love D so much. All I need is a text editor and the
> compiler, and I can do everything. Even unittesting and coverage are all
> integrated. No need for external tools, no need to install a whole bunch
> of support software, all the essentials are bundled with the compiler.
> How much more compelling can it get?

I can get by with a hammer and nails too, but if I was a professional 
roofer I'd be an idiot not to use a nail gun. That's the problem with 
all this focus on boilerplate. An IDE does so much more to make you 
productive in any language, especially one that has static types.


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