Here's looking at you, kid

[Joakim via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 20 November 2015 at 05:59:14 UTC, Jack Stouffer wrote:
> On Friday, 20 November 2015 at 05:00:16 UTC, jmh530 wrote:
>> On Friday, 20 November 2015 at 01:56:41 UTC, Jack Stouffer 
>> wrote:
>>> On Friday, 20 November 2015 at 01:28:00 UTC, rsw0x wrote:
>>>> Ali's book is not a tutorial or aimed at absolute beginners, 
>>>> it's /the/ material for learning D and in my opinion a great 
>>>> reference book.
>>>
>>> Ali's book is to blame really for the lack of D tutorials, 
>>> it's just so good that no one else bothers ;)
>>
>> Wouldn't that suggest doing a better job pointing beginners to 
>> it?
>
> The second link on the "Getting Started" page on dlang.org is 
> to the book http://dlang.org/getstarted.html.

That page says that Ali's book is an "extensive tutorial" that's 
"a great starting point for absolute beginners."  Presumably 
that's what pissed Warwick off, I guess he wants something more 
aimed at intermediate to advanced programmers.  That would be 
TDPL, which is excellent and not free.  Perhaps TDPL should be 
mentioned on that page too, along with how it's different.