Switching from Java to D: Beginner questions, multiplatform issues, etc.

[Jesse Phillips]

On Friday, 28 February 2014 at 12:10:17 UTC, Bienlein wrote:
> This topic mentions IMHO an important point: D is not only 
> interesting for C++ people, but also for Java developers. 
> Companies that are happy with Java may have little incentive to 
> change to D or maybe Go. But when starting something new D can 
> be an alternative to Java as it also can be used for 
> application development to some extend (has a GC, fast build 
> times and other things that result in good productivity). 
> Someone like me who has spent his career with Smalltalk and 
> Java and doesn't know a thing about systems programming can get 
> along with D quite easily. Something like a "D for Java 
> developers" user guide would make sense IMHO.

Well, not exactly what you are after. But there have been Java 
related guides, which could use some updating and moving to the 
new wiki:

http://wiki.dlang.org/Coming_From/Java

http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?ComingFrom/Java
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?JavaToD