Which D features to emphasize for academic review article

[Paulo Pinto]

On Thursday, 9 August 2012 at 18:20:08 UTC, Justin Whear wrote:
> On Thu, 09 Aug 2012 17:57:27 +0200, TJB wrote:
>
>> Hello D Users,
>> 
>> The Software Editor for the Journal of Applied Econometrics 
>> has agreed
>> to let me write a review of the D programming language for
>> econometricians (econometrics is where economic theory and 
>> statistical
>> analysis meet).  I will have only about 6 pages.  I have an 
>> idea of what
>> I am going to write about, but I thought I would ask here what 
>> features
>> are most relevant (in your minds) to numerical programmers 
>> writing codes
>> for statistical inference.
>> 
>> I look forward to your suggestions.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> TJB
>
> Lazy ranges are a lifesaver when dealing with big data.  E.g. 
> read a
> large csv file, use filter and map to clean and transform the 
> data,
> collect stats as you go, then output to a destination file.  
> The lazy
> nature of most of the ranges in Phobos means that you don't 
> need to have
> the data in memory, but you can write simple imperative code 
> just as if
> it was.

Ah, the beauty of functional programming and streams.