The best video to introduce D

[Regan Heath]

On Tue, 21 May 2013 13:56:05 +0100, Andrei Alexandrescu  
<SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote:

> On 5/21/13 7:36 AM, Dicebot wrote:
>> On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 11:23:39 UTC, Regan Heath wrote:
>>> I have a friend, he has heard of D (from me) a fair bit over the years
>>> but never had reason to look into it. He works at a company which has
>>> a culture of showing tech videos during lunch. So.. I want the best
>>> introduction to D video that we have, which will fit in a lunch hour..
>>> anyone?
>>>
>>> R
>>
>> I remember being converted with a "The Case for D" article. A bit
>> outdated, but still good. It gave a nice overview of a target vision
>> with no overly specific details. Maybe there have been some presentation
>> videos based on it?
>
> How about "Three unexpected..."  
> http://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Lang-NEXT/Lang-NEXT-2012/Three-Unlikely-Successful-Features-of-D

Yeah, that one is a good one because it's a good length and it talks about  
some nice D specifics in relation to general programming concerns/goals :)

It is currently my top contender.. assuming I only get to pass on 1 video  
and no-one comes back with something I like even more. :p

R

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