The best video to introduce D

[Idan Arye]

On Tuesday, 21 May 2013 at 18:58:57 UTC, Iain Buclaw wrote:
> On 21 May 2013 14:09, Regan Heath <regan at netmail.co.nz> wrote:
>> 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 outdated, but still good.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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>
> You can also tell him that D is not in the 101 worst programming
> languages (according to SO).  :o)
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/961942/what-is-the-worst-programming-language-you-ever-worked-with
>
>
> --
> Iain Buclaw
>
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I would like to quote Bjarne Stoustrup on that matter: "There are 
only two kinds of languages: the ones people complain about and 
the ones nobody uses".