Fastest way to learn D?

[John Colvin]

On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 18:32:59 UTC, Craig Dillabaugh 
wrote:
> On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 18:25:48 UTC, Dejan Lekic wrote:
>> On Tue, 15 Oct 2013 20:13:45 +0200, ProgrammingGhost wrote:
>>
>>> What is the fastest way for me to learn D? I think what I 
>>> want is a
>>> syntax reference manual and a good tutorial to learn how to 
>>> find and use
>>> libs.
>>
>> I learned D by doing two things.
>>
>> 1) Downloading the bundled DMD in a ZIP file.
>>
>> 2) Reading the language reference at http://www.dlang.org 
>> (back then it
>> was on DigitalMars website...)
>>
>> That is all you really need.
>>
>> Now I would suggest reading the D Wiki as well. ;)
>
> You really learned D from the online language reference?  Thats 
> hard core!  You must be much smarter than me.
>
> I suggested reading the Phobos docs online, but I was just 
> joking.

I did too. I don't see it as particularly 
hard/only-for-smart-people, I just built simple programs and 
slowly looked up what I needed as I went along. A lot of help 
from people here and on IRC helped as well of course.