D as a college language

[Walter Bright]

On 5/4/2018 4:35 AM, Sjoerd Nijboer wrote:
> Since D seems to be a language that supports a lot of programming
> paradigms very well, wouldn't it be beneficial to learn people
> declarative programming using D for a little and from there expose them
> to other programming styles in thesame language to lower the barrier of
> entry?

I agree that D being a multi-paradigm language makes it ideal as a 
vehicle for teaching various paradigms. New paradigms can be taught 
without the diversion of having to start over learning a new language.