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reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is-experimenting-with-it

Andrei
Oct 15 2013
next sibling parent reply "Tourist" <gravatar gravatar.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:47:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is-experimenting-with-it

 Andrei


Google shows a rise in interest as well:
http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=d+language#q=d%20language&cmpt=q
Oct 15 2013
next sibling parent reply "qznc" <qznc web.de> writes:
On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:59:38 UTC, Tourist wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:47:54 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is-experimenting-with-it

 Andrei


 Google shows a rise in interest as well:
 http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=d+language#q=d%20language&cmpt=q


A steady stream of news which hits Reddit and Hacker News front 
pages every few days certainly helps. We had the Facebook 
announcement and my tutorial. Who is responsible for tomorrow? ;)
Oct 15 2013
next sibling parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 10/15/13 2:08 PM, qznc wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:59:38 UTC, Tourist wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:47:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is-experimenting-with-it


 Andrei


 Google shows a rise in interest as well:
 http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=d+language#q=d%20language&cmpt=q


 A steady stream of news which hits Reddit and Hacker News front pages
 every few days certainly helps. We had the Facebook announcement and my
 tutorial. Who is responsible for tomorrow? ;)


Thanks again for the tutorial. People love it and the timing couldn't be 
better!

Andrei
Oct 15 2013
parent "Tourist" <gravatar gravatar.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 21:17:15 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 On 10/15/13 2:08 PM, qznc wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:59:38 UTC, Tourist wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:47:54 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is-experimenting-with-it


 Andrei


 Google shows a rise in interest as well:
 http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=d+language#q=d%20language&cmpt=q


 A steady stream of news which hits Reddit and Hacker News 
 front pages
 every few days certainly helps. We had the Facebook 
 announcement and my
 tutorial. Who is responsible for tomorrow? ;)


 Thanks again for the tutorial. People love it and the timing 
 couldn't be better!

 Andrei


Can't wait for the blog post on Facebook Engineering. Any hints? 
:)
Oct 15 2013
prev sibling parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 10/15/13 2:08 PM, qznc wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:59:38 UTC, Tourist wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:47:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is-experimenting-with-it


 Andrei


 Google shows a rise in interest as well:
 http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=d+language#q=d%20language&cmpt=q


 A steady stream of news which hits Reddit and Hacker News front pages
 every few days certainly helps. We had the Facebook announcement and my
 tutorial. Who is responsible for tomorrow? ;)


Oh, could you please make a pull request to add a link to the tutorial 
on the front page? Probably right under "Documentation" before "Book".

And, Ali, Ali, Ali, when's your book going to be ready?


Andrei
Oct 15 2013
next sibling parent "qznc" <qznc web.de> writes:
On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 21:18:27 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:

 Oh, could you please make a pull request to add a link to the 
 tutorial on the front page? Probably right under 
 "Documentation" before "Book".


Requested a pull. Further discussion over there: 
https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/394
Oct 15 2013
prev sibling parent =?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:
On 10/15/2013 02:18 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:


 And, Ali, Ali, Ali, when's your book going to be ready?


I am guessing another two months. (I have valid excuses. :-/)

Ali
Oct 15 2013
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw ubuntu.com> writes:
On 15 October 2013 18:59, Tourist <gravatar gravatar.com> wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:47:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is-experimenting-with-it

 Andrei



 Google shows a rise in interest as well:
 http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=d+language#q=d%20language&cmpt=q



Google shows a rise of interest... from Nigeria.


-- 
Iain Buclaw

*(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';
Oct 15 2013
parent reply =?ISO-8859-1?Q?S=F6nke_Ludwig?= <sludwig outerproduct.org> writes:
Am 15.10.2013 23:17, schrieb Iain Buclaw:

 On 15 October 2013 18:59, Tourist <gravatar gravatar.com> wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:47:54 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is-experimenting-with-it

 Andrei



 Google shows a rise in interest as well:
 http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=d+language#q=d%20language&cmpt=q



 Google shows a rise of interest... from Nigeria.


This one seems to be more interesting:
http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=dlang#q=dlang&cmpt=q
Oct 16 2013
parent reply "simendsjo" <simendsjo gmail.com> writes:
On Wednesday, 16 October 2013 at 07:52:06 UTC, Sönke Ludwig wrote:

 Am 15.10.2013 23:17, schrieb Iain Buclaw:

 On 15 October 2013 18:59, Tourist <gravatar gravatar.com> 
 wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:47:54 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is-experimenting-with-it

 Andrei



 Google shows a rise in interest as well:
 http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=d+language#q=d%20language&cmpt=q



 Google shows a rise of interest... from Nigeria.


 This one seems to be more interesting:
 http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=dlang#q=dlang&cmpt=q


Another funny thing: I couldn't get the page to work in Chromium 
and had to use FF :)
Oct 16 2013
parent Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:
On 2013-10-16 10:01, simendsjo wrote:


 Another funny thing: I couldn't get the page to work in Chromium and had
 to use FF :)


Did you try Chrome :)

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg
Oct 16 2013
prev sibling parent "Jesse Phillips" <Jesse.K.Phillips+D gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:59:38 UTC, Tourist wrote:

 On Tuesday, 15 October 2013 at 17:47:54 UTC, Andrei 
 Alexandrescu wrote:

 http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is-experimenting-with-it

 Andrei


 Google shows a rise in interest as well:
 http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=d+language#q=d%20language&cmpt=q


And the dlang search:
http://www.google.com/trends/explore?q=d+language#q=dlang&cmpt=q

Great article!
Oct 15 2013
prev sibling next sibling parent Walter Bright <newshound2 digitalmars.com> writes:
On 10/15/2013 10:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is-experimenting-with-it


"geeky optimism" (!)

And a companion article:

http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019887/facebook-adds-5000-lines-of-d-language-code-whats-that-mean
Oct 15 2013
prev sibling parent "Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:
On Tuesday, October 15, 2013 10:48:12 Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

 http://www.fastcolabs.com/3019948/more-about-d-language-and-why-facebook-is->
experimenting-with-it


I was not expecting to be quoted from there. Well, it's sometimes surprising 
where stuff pops up. At least I didn't get quoted for saying something stupid. 
:)

- Jonathan M Davis
Oct 16 2013