• Jonathan (4/4) Mar 25 2015 Hey folks,
• Joakim (3/7) Mar 25 2015 I use Walter's article on component programming:
• Jonathan (4/4) Mar 25 2015 Thanks Joakim! That's a great article, I've remember reading it
• rumbu (23/27) Mar 25 2015 Since I am mainly a C# developer, I can tell you what convinced
• Joakim (5/9) Mar 25 2015 This recent blog post seemed to be well-liked:
• Mike (11/14) Mar 25 2015 David Simcha's presentation at DConf 2013 really showcased the
• thedeemon (4/8) Mar 25 2015 Here's mine, but some examples are linked instead of being

"Jonathan" <jadit2 gmail.com> writes:

Hey folks,


developer to convince them on D? Ideally, I'm looking for 
something concise on the benefits with several examples.

"Joakim" <dlang joakim.fea.st> writes:

On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at 18:35:37 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
 Hey folks,


 developer to convince them on D? Ideally, I'm looking for 
 something concise on the benefits with several examples.

I use Walter's article on component programming:

http://www.drdobbs.com/architecture-and-design/component-programming-in-d/240008321

"Jonathan" <jadit2 gmail.com> writes:

Thanks Joakim! That's a great article, I've remember reading it 
years ago that originally attracted me to the language. I was 
hoping for something more concise: perhaps a single page with 
language highlights.

"rumbu" <rumbu rumbu.ro> writes:

On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at 20:57:43 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
 Thanks Joakim! That's a great article, I've remember reading it 
 years ago that originally attracted me to the language. I was 
 hoping for something more concise: perhaps a single page with 
 language highlights.


me:

- native compilation;
- templates as generics on steroids;
- compatibility with C;
- memory allocation control;
- compile time reflection;
- mixins;
- a better approach to operator overloading;
- unittest integration
- inline assembler;
- SIMD

A good resource is also the comparison made by Adam Wilson at 
DConf:
- slides - http://dconf.org/2013/talks/wilson.pdf
- talk - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_xdfSVRrKo

Anyway, don't point him to 
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?LanguagesVersusD, this 
page is full of lies :)

Unfortunately, the list of what's not convincing me is much 
longer, I don't want to discourage him.

"Joakim" <dlang joakim.fea.st> writes:

On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at 20:57:43 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
 Thanks Joakim! That's a great article, I've remember reading it 
 years ago that originally attracted me to the language. I was 
 hoping for something more concise: perhaps a single page with 
 language highlights.

This recent blog post seemed to be well-liked:

http://bitbashing.io/2015/01/26/d-is-like-native-python.html

It garnered almost 200 points and comments on reddit:

https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2tqiaj/d_is_like_native_python/

"Mike" <none none.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at 18:35:37 UTC, Jonathan wrote:


 developer to convince them on D? Ideally, I'm looking for 
 something concise on the benefits with several examples.

David Simcha's presentation at DConf 2013 really showcased the 
language for me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMNMV9JlkcQ

I transcribed some of the content to the wiki so user's could 
access it in written form (but I never finished):
http://wiki.dlang.org/Tutorials#Design_Patterns

I also thought some of the presentations at DConf 2014 showcased 
the power of the language quite well:
http://dconf.org/2014/schedule/

Mike

"thedeemon" <dlang thedeemon.com> writes:

On Wednesday, 25 March 2015 at 18:35:37 UTC, Jonathan wrote:
 Hey folks,


 developer to convince them on D? Ideally, I'm looking for 
 something concise on the benefits with several examples.

Here's mine, but some examples are linked instead of being 
included:
http://www.infognition.com/blog/2014/why_d.html