Reasons to use D

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On Friday, 11 September 2015 at 13:15:03 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Friday, 11 September 2015 at 12:30:42 UTC, Ola Fosheim 
> Grøstad wrote:
>> I find the viewpoints of the student who wrote 18000 lines of 
>> D code interesting.
>
> "3. The documentation poor."
>
> I agree.... but so is the documentation for virtually 
> everything else I've ever used too. I'd take D's over Ruby's 
> for example.

Ruby and Python have their documentation on Slashdot...

I wish Ali's book was available on dlang.org and cross-linked 
with documentation. I think documentation is the smaller issue 
(full language spec is a much more important priority IMHO).

But it is interesting to read these current raw viewpoints from 
people who obviously chose D as the best starting point for their 
projects, used it for a while, but somehow lost interest and feel 
a need to express their views.

If D had an asm.js backend it might be possible to create a 
"editor/compiler in your browser" tutorial. I like those. Combine 
that with shared view and live chat in the same window and you 
have a kick ass entry level solution.