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reply "Paulo Pinto" <pjmlp progtools.org> writes:
Hi everyone,

I just saw this online.


The German magazine c't kompakt has an article about cool(exotic) 
programming languages, Smalltalk, Haskell and D.

Personally, I like all of them.

Here is the link for the German speaking developers.

http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Das-neue-c-t-kompakt-Programmieren-kann-bestellt-werden-1739221.html

--
Paulo
Nov 01 2012
parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 11/1/12 9:47 AM, Paulo Pinto wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 I just saw this online.


 The German magazine c't kompakt has an article about cool(exotic)
 programming languages, Smalltalk, Haskell and D.

 Personally, I like all of them.

 Here is the link for the German speaking developers.

 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Das-neue-c-t-kompakt-Programmieren-kann-bestellt-werden-1739221.html


 --
 Paulo


Would love to read that. Far as I understand the article ("Exotische 
Sprache") is not freely available, is that correct?

Andrei
Nov 01 2012
parent reply "Tobias Pankrath" <tobias pankrath.net> writes:
On Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 15:20:11 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 On 11/1/12 9:47 AM, Paulo Pinto wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 I just saw this online.


 The German magazine c't kompakt has an article about 
 cool(exotic)
 programming languages, Smalltalk, Haskell and D.

 Personally, I like all of them.

 Here is the link for the German speaking developers.

 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Das-neue-c-t-kompakt-Programmieren-kann-bestellt-werden-1739221.html


 --
 Paulo


 Would love to read that. Far as I understand the article 
 ("Exotische Sprache") is not freely available, is that correct?

 Andrei


You need to buy the hole issue for 7€ here 
http://www.heise-shop.de/heise-zeitschriften-vlg-g/ct-kompakt-programmieren_pid_19862609.html

It's DRM protected. I wouldn't expect to much.
Nov 01 2012
parent reply "stonemaster" <andre...stein...1985...nospam gmall.com> writes:
On Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 15:56:24 UTC, Tobias Pankrath 
wrote:

 On Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 15:20:11 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 On 11/1/12 9:47 AM, Paulo Pinto wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 I just saw this online.


 The German magazine c't kompakt has an article about 
 cool(exotic)
 programming languages, Smalltalk, Haskell and D.

 Personally, I like all of them.

 Here is the link for the German speaking developers.

 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Das-neue-c-t-kompakt-Programmieren-kann-bestellt-werden-1739221.html


 --
 Paulo


 Would love to read that. Far as I understand the article 
 ("Exotische Sprache") is not freely available, is that correct?

 Andrei


 You need to buy the hole issue for 7€ here 
 http://www.heise-shop.de/heise-zeitschriften-vlg-g/ct-kompakt-programmieren_pid_19862609.html

 It's DRM protected. I wouldn't expect to much.


I read the print version of the D article and I have to say that 
I'm quite disappointed:

- The author seems to be talking about D1.0 but not about any new 
D2.0 features. As a new D2 user I don't really know about the 
exact differences between D1 and D2.
- For example the source code uses char[] as string type which 
doesn't compile with the D2 compiler
- Descent is introduced as an IDE but it actually has been dead 
for quite some time.
- Dsource.org is mentioned as a source of the D community.
- D features mentioned: dynamic and static arrays with slices, 
missing preprocessor, debug/version tags, short overview of 
delegates & lambdas, very short paragraph about templates, lazy 
parameter, design by contract features (in/out/invariant), inline 
assembler and scope statements.
- There is also a paragraph about memory managament where D is 
described as garbage collector centered but allows manual memory 
managment using the "delete" keyword and overloading new/delete 
operators (which is deprecated, right?).
- There are no examples of phobos
- D2 features like UFCS, CTFE or just the powerful type system 
including immutable aren't mentioned at all.

The author draws a very positive conclusion about D in which he 
states that D allows to write high-performance code which still 
looks maintainable. As target audience he sees C/C++ programmers 


Anyway I think the article has been written some years ago and 
was just warmed up to be included in the special edition of c't. 
I'll try to contact the author to point out the things mentioned 
above.



Cheers,
André
Nov 04 2012
next sibling parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 11/4/2012 6:30 AM, stonemaster wrote:

 Anyway I think the article has been written some years ago and was just warmed
 up to be included in the special edition of c't. I'll try to contact the author
 to point out the things mentioned above.


Thanks for following up on this.
Nov 04 2012
prev sibling parent Don Clugston <dac nospam.com> writes:
On 04/11/12 15:30, stonemaster wrote:

 On Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 15:56:24 UTC, Tobias Pankrath wrote:

 On Thursday, 1 November 2012 at 15:20:11 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 On 11/1/12 9:47 AM, Paulo Pinto wrote:

 Hi everyone,

 I just saw this online.


 The German magazine c't kompakt has an article about cool(exotic)
 programming languages, Smalltalk, Haskell and D.

 Personally, I like all of them.

 Here is the link for the German speaking developers.

 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Das-neue-c-t-kompakt-Programmieren-kann-bestellt-werden-1739221.html



 --
 Paulo


 Would love to read that. Far as I understand the article ("Exotische
 Sprache") is not freely available, is that correct?

 Andrei


 You need to buy the hole issue for 7€ here
 http://www.heise-shop.de/heise-zeitschriften-vlg-g/ct-kompakt-programmieren_pid_19862609.html


 It's DRM protected. I wouldn't expect to much.


 I read the print version of the D article and I have to say that I'm
 quite disappointed:

 - The author seems to be talking about D1.0 but not about any new D2.0
 features. As a new D2 user I don't really know about the exact
 differences between D1 and D2.
 - For example the source code uses char[] as string type which doesn't
 compile with the D2 compiler
 - Descent is introduced as an IDE but it actually has been dead for
 quite some time.
 - Dsource.org is mentioned as a source of the D community.
 - D features mentioned: dynamic and static arrays with slices, missing
 preprocessor, debug/version tags, short overview of delegates & lambdas,
 very short paragraph about templates, lazy parameter, design by contract
 features (in/out/invariant), inline assembler and scope statements.
 - There is also a paragraph about memory managament where D is described
 as garbage collector centered but allows manual memory managment using
 the "delete" keyword and overloading new/delete operators (which is
 deprecated, right?).
 - There are no examples of phobos
 - D2 features like UFCS, CTFE or just the powerful type system including
 immutable aren't mentioned at all.


Actually CTFE is a D1 feature!


 The author draws a very positive conclusion about D in which he states
 that D allows to write high-performance code which still looks

 and Java developers.

 Anyway I think the article has been written some years ago and was just
 warmed up to be included in the special edition of c't. I'll try to
 contact the author to point out the things mentioned above.



 Cheers,
 André
Nov 05 2012