Lesson #100 in DLang YouTube playlist is coming -- Want to contribute what goes in?

[Guillaume Piolat]

On Wednesday, 5 June 2024 at 14:37:41 UTC, Mike Shah wrote:
> 1. What's your favorite feature of DLang?

Probably just "alias" and symbol management in general.


> 2. Why did you choose the D programming language or what first 
> drew you in?

I just read the D 1.0 specification, when looking for a C++ 
replacement, coming from a Pascal/Ocaml background C++ was such a 
downgrade I knew there was something better somewhere.

At first I was convinced by inline asm, NaN comparison operators, 
_ in number literals, relatively minor stuff in retrospect.


> 3. One cool D Language trick/idiom you'd like to share.

I don't have new ones.


> 4. Why you're excited about the future of Dlang

In my view Dlang allows to be on the "Pareto front" between 
experimentation and production programs, with not too much type 
system getting in the way.

If C++ goal were to allow maximum control, Dlang corrects a bit 
this trajectory to make this power perhaps more available and 
productive.


> 5. A cool article/resource/favorite DConf talk/blog you'd like 
> to share

The classic:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIb3L4vKZ7U

is a show off the what the STL style can do.

> 6. A cool project you'd like to share (e-mail me images and 
> short video clips if you like!)

https://github.com/p0nce/turtle/tree/master/examples has 13 
examples now, relatively easy to draw a 2D experiment



> 7. Something else?

You can find cool projects looking at recently updated or created 
dub packages: https://code.dlang.org/?sort=updated