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[Joakim via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 19 April 2017 at 10:58:06 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
> One last thing.  D is a pretty good language for getting stuff 
> done quickly in for a prototype that can be cleaned up quickly. 
> That's a point Andy Smith made, and that Liran made in his talk 
> also.  I am having to deal with that increasingly now.  I would 
> certainly much rather turn a D prototype written by a trader 
> into production than a python one - lets not speak of Matlab! 
> This aspect is mentioned on website but should be hammered home 
> - it's a practical language for getting started stuff done fast
>  without leaving a mess.

This is a point that keeps coming up, but it is hard to market 
without people either trying the language or user testimonials.  
Would you be able to write up a blog post about this, perhaps 
along with your D collaborators to fish out some concrete 
examples from your collective experience, maybe for the D blog?

We tend to focus more on the technical side for the D blog, would 
be nice to have a post from this development perspective.