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digitalmars.D.announce - Upcoming ACCU 2024 Talk: How DLang Improves my Modern C++ and Vice

reply Mike Shah <mshah.475 gmail.com> writes:
I'll be talking more about D (and modern C++) at the ACCU 2024 
conference in Bristol (Abstract below -- talk is on April 19, 
2024).

Let me know if you'll be joining (in-person or online)! The 
recording of the talk will otherwise be posted after the talk, 
and slides will immediately be available on my website after the 
talk is given.

https://accuconference.org/session/how-dlang-improves-my-modern-cpp-and-vice-versa

ABSTRACT: The D programming language (DLang) is a multi-paradigm 
language (like C++) developed to solve real software engineering 
problems. DLang has a rich history since its inception in 2001, 
and continues to be an actively evolving memory-safe language 
used in industry. In this talk, I will discuss how learning and 
using the D language has directly benefited my use and learning 
of C++ and vice versa. We'll look at the evolution of both C++ 
and Dlang, and see how each language has borrowed from each other 
during their most recent evolution in the past decade. Throughout 
the talk, I will provide side-by-side code comparisons showing 
idiomatic ways to complete tasks in D alongside C++ code 
examples. The goal of this talk however is not to pit one 
language against the other, but rather to show how to use each 
language to its strengths and learn how to become a better 
programmer. Audience members are expected to be familiar with 
Modern C++, but are not expected to have any prior D programming 
experience.
Apr 07
next sibling parent reply Emmanuel <emmankoko519 gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 8 April 2024 at 01:38:20 UTC, Mike Shah wrote:

 I'll be talking more about D (and modern C++) at the ACCU 2024 
 conference in Bristol (Abstract below -- talk is on April 19, 
 2024).

 [...]


great piece Mike!
Apr 08
parent M.M. <matus email.cz> writes:
On Monday, 8 April 2024 at 19:45:05 UTC, Emmanuel wrote:

 On Monday, 8 April 2024 at 01:38:20 UTC, Mike Shah wrote:

 I'll be talking more about D (and modern C++) at the ACCU 2024 
 conference in Bristol (Abstract below -- talk is on April 19, 
 2024).

 [...]


 great piece Mike!


+1
Apr 09
prev sibling next sibling parent Andrea Fontana <nospam example.org> writes:
On Monday, 8 April 2024 at 01:38:20 UTC, Mike Shah wrote:

 I'll be talking more about D (and modern C++) at the ACCU 2024 
 conference in Bristol (Abstract below -- talk is on April 19, 
 2024).


+1
Apr 09
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 4/7/2024 6:38 PM, Mike Shah wrote:

 I'll be talking more about D (and modern C++) at the ACCU 2024 conference in 
 Bristol (Abstract below -- talk is on April 19, 2024).
 
 Let me know if you'll be joining (in-person or online)! The recording of the 
 talk will otherwise be posted after the talk, and slides will immediately be 
 available on my website after the talk is given.
 
 https://accuconference.org/session/how-dlang-improves-my-modern-cpp-and-vice-versa
 
 ABSTRACT: The D programming language (DLang) is a multi-paradigm language
(like 
 C++) developed to solve real software engineering problems. DLang has a rich 
 history since its inception in 2001, and continues to be an actively evolving 
 memory-safe language used in industry. In this talk, I will discuss how
learning 
 and using the D language has directly benefited my use and learning of C++ and 
 vice versa. We'll look at the evolution of both C++ and Dlang, and see how
each 
 language has borrowed from each other during their most recent evolution in
the 
 past decade. Throughout the talk, I will provide side-by-side code comparisons 
 showing idiomatic ways to complete tasks in D alongside C++ code examples. The 
 goal of this talk however is not to pit one language against the other, but 
 rather to show how to use each language to its strengths and learn how to
become 
 a better programmer. Audience members are expected to be familiar with Modern 
 C++, but are not expected to have any prior D programming experience.


Wow! Talking at ACCU is an honor. I'm so pleased you're doing this!
Apr 10
parent Mike Shah <mshah.475 gmail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 11 April 2024 at 01:21:41 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:

 Wow! Talking at ACCU is an honor. I'm so pleased you're doing 
 this!


Thank you all!

The talk was well received, and I've challenged folks to try D 
for an hour through the D Lang Tour. :)

Slides are available below, and I believe the video of the talk 
will be posted in the coming months for free on YouTube.

https://mshah.io/conf/24/ACCU%202024%20_%20How%20DLang%20Improves%20my%20Modern%20C++%20and%20Vice%20Versa.pdf
Apr 19
prev sibling parent Kagamin <spam here.lot> writes:
My favorite example is glibc implementation of `putenv` function: 
it first finds the '=' character and takes a temporary slice of 
the variable name and then employs a tortured null terminated 
string cope trying to allocate a string with alloca or malloc, 
then copies the slice there and passes the resulting null 
terminated string to common `setenv` implementation, then 
cleanups the allocated string. And there I thought: "ugh, dude, 
what are you doing, just pass the slice as is".
Apr 16