D beginner's article about D's Metaprogramming and Testing

aberba karabutaworld at gmail.com
Mon Dec 18 01:26:37 UTC 2023


On Sunday, 17 December 2023 at 21:51:59 UTC, Renato wrote:
> Hi.
>
> I'm new to D and after playing around with D a bit I decided to 
> publish my thoughts about the language, focusing on its 
> metaprogramming and testing support.
>
> https://renato.athaydes.com/posts/testing-dlang
>
> I would be interested in feedback and corrections from more 
> experienced D enthusiasts :).
>
> Hope you like it!

This:

> D seems like a good balance. It looks familiar while having 
> some very interesting features. It’s been around long enough 
> that it’s no longer trying to find itself and changing every 6 
> months.

...is exactly why I love D. It's the only system programming 
language that's a joy to write. Also, unlike others wanting D to 
change, I personally like that the focus in on stability and 
improvements.

I'm addition, I want code written 8yrs ago to still work. I 
wanted dub packages to still work even with update for the next 
8yrs+.




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