Here's looking at you, kid

[jmh530 via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 20 November 2015 at 16:39:52 UTC, Chris Wright wrote:
> On Fri, 20 Nov 2015 14:41:04 +0000, Chris wrote:
>> Yep, what can one say.
>> 
>> 1. Who goes to the language reference, when they want to 
>> _learn_ a language?
>
> It's the obvious place if you're familiar with other 
> programming languages. Tutorials tend to be geared toward 
> people who have little to no programming experience, who view 
> learning a new language (even in a paradigm they're used to) as 
> a large thing.

It seems clear that there are a variety of different types of 
people who would want to learn the language. Maybe split up the 
Getting Started page to a few sections, like "new programmers", 
"intermediate programmers", "expert programmers".