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reply Chris Engelbert <me noctarius.com> writes:
Hey guys,

we organize a conference (TopConf) this year for the first time 
in Dusseldorf, Germany. I would like to see if there are 
interested speakers to give a talk about D. The conference is 
hold in English and is not specific to a single programming 
language but will feature multiple different ones as well as some 
more soft-skill like sessions / tracks.

I'm looking forward to see if there are interested people. The 
CFP page is available here: 
https://www.topconf.com/conference/duesseldorf-2017/callforpaper

Thanks,
Chris

PS: Feel free to ask for further information :)
Feb 02 2017
next sibling parent reply Stefan Koch <uplink.coder googlemail.com> writes:
On Thursday, 2 February 2017 at 21:09:38 UTC, Chris Engelbert 
wrote:

 Hey guys,

 we organize a conference (TopConf) this year for the first time 
 in Dusseldorf, Germany. I would like to see if there are 
 interested speakers to give a talk about D. The conference is 
 hold in English and is not specific to a single programming 
 language but will feature multiple different ones as well as 
 some more soft-skill like sessions / tracks.

 I'm looking forward to see if there are interested people. The 
 CFP page is available here: 
 https://www.topconf.com/conference/duesseldorf-2017/callforpaper

 Thanks,
 Chris

 PS: Feel free to ask for further information :)


Hello Chris, would you also be interested in a more 
compiler-internals related talk about D ?
If so I am happy to volunteer.
Feb 03 2017
parent reply Chris Engelbert <me noctarius.com> writes:
On Friday, 3 February 2017 at 11:31:26 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:

 Hello Chris, would you also be interested in a more 
 compiler-internals related talk about D ?
 If so I am happy to volunteer.


To me personally it would be extremely interesting but not sure 
about the audience overall. But maybe a bit of an excursion into 
compiler design on the example of D? WDYT?
Feb 06 2017
parent reply Stefan Koch <uplink.coder googlemail.com> writes:
On Monday, 6 February 2017 at 15:56:26 UTC, Chris Engelbert wrote:

 On Friday, 3 February 2017 at 11:31:26 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:

 Hello Chris, would you also be interested in a more 
 compiler-internals related talk about D ?
 If so I am happy to volunteer.


 To me personally it would be extremely interesting but not sure 
 about the audience overall. But maybe a bit of an exclursion 
 into compiler design on the example of D? WDYT?


Hmm I could talk about the various compile-time mechanics of D.
Using Sqlite-D[1] as an example, and tie into the compiler 
implementations, which explain why I wrote a particular piece of 
code the way I did.

That way it could still be focusing the application side of 
things.
Feb 06 2017
parent Chris Engelbert <me noctarius.com> writes:
On Monday, 6 February 2017 at 16:50:00 UTC, Stefan Koch wrote:

 Hmm I could talk about the various compile-time mechanics of D.
 Using Sqlite-D[1] as an example, and tie into the compiler 
 implementations, which explain why I wrote a particular piece 
 of code the way I did.

 That way it could still be focusing the application side of 
 things.


Please submit, I'm not deciding alone, therefore I can't give a 
final answer here but to me it sounds interesting :)
Feb 09 2017
prev sibling parent reply qznc <qznc web.de> writes:
On Thursday, 2 February 2017 at 21:09:38 UTC, Chris Engelbert 
wrote:

 Hey guys,

 we organize a conference (TopConf) this year for the first time 
 in Dusseldorf, Germany. I would like to see if there are 
 interested speakers to give a talk about D. The conference is 
 hold in English and is not specific to a single programming 
 language but will feature multiple different ones as well as 
 some more soft-skill like sessions / tracks.

 I'm looking forward to see if there are interested people. The 
 CFP page is available here: 
 https://www.topconf.com/conference/duesseldorf-2017/callforpaper



I'm tempted and will think about it.

Topic idea one: Dust off my "Functional Programming in D" [0] 
talk. However, it is tight in 40 minutes for an audience, which 
probably does not know D at all.

Topic idea two: A more general talk about abstractions. Starting 
from the basics (procedures) up to Design-by-Introspection 
techniques which are quite D specific. In between stuff like the 
"magic" D Lua bindings. This topic is probably interesting for 
C++ and Java programmers as well. Other TopConf talks and thus 
the audience seem to be quite mainstream.

[0] http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/articles/functional_D.html
Feb 03 2017
next sibling parent Chris Engelbert <me noctarius.com> writes:
On Friday, 3 February 2017 at 12:08:44 UTC, qznc wrote:

 I'm tempted and will think about it.

 Topic idea one: Dust off my "Functional Programming in D" [0] 
 talk. However, it is tight in 40 minutes for an audience, which 
 probably does not know D at all.

 Topic idea two: A more general talk about abstractions. 
 Starting from the basics (procedures) up to 
 Design-by-Introspection techniques which are quite D specific. 
 In between stuff like the "magic" D Lua bindings. This topic is 
 probably interesting for C++ and Java programmers as well. 
 Other TopConf talks and thus the audience seem to be quite 
 mainstream.

 [0] http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/articles/functional_D.html


 From the fact that TopConf audience is historically quite Java / 
C++ driven I think both should work. For the FD talk depending on 
how deep you want to go (looking at the link I would expect it to 
work out :-)).

In general both talks sound interesting, would have a hard time 
decide it just now!
Feb 06 2017
prev sibling parent reply qznc <qznc web.de> writes:
On Friday, 3 February 2017 at 12:08:44 UTC, qznc wrote:

 Topic idea two: A more general talk about abstractions. 
 Starting from the basics (procedures) up to 
 Design-by-Introspection techniques which are quite D specific. 
 In between stuff like the "magic" D Lua bindings. This topic is 
 probably interesting for C++ and Java programmers as well. 
 Other TopConf talks and thus the audience seem to be quite 
 mainstream.


Aaaaand accepted :)

https://www.topconf.com/conference//duesseldorf-2017/talk/abstractions-from-c-to-d/

Abstractions: From C to D

Abstraction is about hiding the irrelevant to focus on the 
relevant.

A master in the art of abstraction will find the right balance 
between the over-engineered swiss army knife and the tedious 
boilerplate. This talk starts at common ground for many people: 
The C programming language. Then we explore more powerful 
techniques of abstraction enabled by the D programming language 
with its unique meta programming techniques.
Apr 10 2017
parent reply Vasudev Ram <vasudevram gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 10 April 2017 at 07:32:15 UTC, qznc wrote:

 Aaaaand accepted :)
 https://www.topconf.com/conference//duesseldorf-2017/talk/abstractions-from-c-to-d/
 Abstractions: From C to D


That talk sounds interesting. If the slides and/or video are 
available after the conf, please post about it here.
Apr 11 2017
next sibling parent qznc <qznc web.de> writes:
On Tuesday, 11 April 2017 at 21:29:15 UTC, Vasudev Ram wrote:

 On Monday, 10 April 2017 at 07:32:15 UTC, qznc wrote:

 Aaaaand accepted :)
 https://www.topconf.com/conference//duesseldorf-2017/talk/abstractions-from-c-to-d/
 Abstractions: From C to D


 That talk sounds interesting. If the slides and/or video are 
 available after the conf, please post about it here.


Sure. The last TopConf conferences were published to Youtube.

I have a plan for the content, but it is not final. If you have 
any suggestions, I'd like to hear them. :)
Apr 11 2017
prev sibling parent qznc <qznc web.de> writes:
On Tuesday, 11 April 2017 at 21:29:15 UTC, Vasudev Ram wrote:

 On Monday, 10 April 2017 at 07:32:15 UTC, qznc wrote:

 Aaaaand accepted :)
 https://www.topconf.com/conference//duesseldorf-2017/talk/abstractions-from-c-to-d/
 Abstractions: From C to D


 That talk sounds interesting. If the slides and/or video are 
 available after the conf, please post about it here.


Slides are available now:
http://beza1e1.tuxen.de/talks.html

Unfortunately, there is no recording. I need to find another 
opportunity to give this talk and have it recorded.
Oct 05 2017