Is D programming friendly for beginners?

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On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 16:20:29 UTC, matheus. wrote:
> On Tuesday, 12 March 2024 at 14:52:32 UTC, Mike Shah wrote:
>> ...
>> I really think D would be a wonderful first language. 🙂 Fast 
>> feedback, no need to manage memory, and easy to use built-in 
>> data structures would make for a nice intro course.
>
> If you say that D would be a good language to learn in lieu 
> C++/Rust I'd agree, but as a First Language neither one would 
> be my choice.
>
> Most here already program and know things, but as a first 
> language forget, at least where and when I did college (Already 
> knowing how to program), most people were lost with all the 
> concepts of C++ for example.
>
> Bitwise shifts like << >> and the same operators being used in 
> cin/cout may be OK for most people already in programming and 
> using shell, but for those learning was a hell.
>
> Matheus.

I think it really depends on the person. My first language was 
C++, which was absolute hell to learn as a complete beginner to 
programming, but I really wanted to learn a language with 
low-level capabilities that could also do gamedev. Learning C++ 
as my first language was incredibly difficult, but it also made 
the programming parts of my CS degree a breeze - especially 
courses like machine level programming. Nobody else in the class 
even understood what a pointer was for the first couple weeks.