Talk on D at DORS/CLUC

[RazvanN]

On Monday, 20 May 2024 at 12:44:55 UTC, Mike Shah wrote:
> On Monday, 20 May 2024 at 12:36:29 UTC, Martyn wrote:
>> On Monday, 20 May 2024 at 08:03:12 UTC, RazvanN wrote:
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>>> In conclusion:
>>> - templates are impressive, however, it might be that 
>>> audiences are not that fond of them
>>> - UFCS and CTFE are good concepts to start a presentation 
>>> with - easy to understand and
>>> impressive
>>> - importC was the star of my show
>>> - GC is something that C++ people worry about when thinking 
>>> about D.
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>>> Hope this helps,
>>> RazvanN
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>> I appreciate the feedback. Sounds like a good talk with some 
>> positive feedback in the room!
>>
>> I think it is worth noting what people have to say and 
>> concerns + their background (ie C++)
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>> Also -- glad to see ImportC getting some love. It really is 
>> good!
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> Well done Razvan! I hope the talk will be posted.
>

They posted the video for the entire day: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d95fFC0tqpQ&t=7277s&ab_channel=DORSCLUCconference (1:05:20 is when my talk starts) . Unfortunately, they only had hand-mics and at some point I start doing demos so I just close the microphone and don't use it anymore (I can be pretty loud) so that I can use both of my hands. For that reason you can't hear anything from that point - I just had not thought about the livestream and no one told me about it.

> I agree giving talks is an excellent way to get the word out 
> about D. I find a good number of folks have heard of D, but 
> then when I poll few have tried it. ImportC and several other 
> features most do not know about -- they are big selling 
> features to try the language!

I had the same experience. I want to take this chance to note 
that I watched your FOSDEM talk (very nice talk!) and picked this 
polling idea from it (thanks!). It's funny how even before 
watching your talk I had kind of the same layout in mind : a few 
things about myself, a few details about D and then just put a 
program out there and try to surprise people with some of D's 
features. I saw that you also used a lot of real life examples 
where D makes your life easier, however, I thought that those 
might be a bit confusing for newcomers, so I simply sticked with 
some small examples that are easily understandable.

RazvanN