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reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2a20h5/wired_magazine_discovers_d/

https://hn.algolia.com/#!/story/forever/0/the%20next%20big%20programming%20language

https://www.facebook.com/dlang.org/posts/880588921954790

https://twitter.com/D_Programming/status/486179309363941376


Andrei
Jul 07 2014
next sibling parent =?UTF-8?B?Ik5vcmRsw7Z3Ig==?= <per.nordlow gmail.com> writes:
On Monday, 7 July 2014 at 16:06:45 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
 https://www.facebook.com/dlang.org/posts/880588921954790
Great! Made some encouraging comments at the bottom the Wired article. I hope I got them right :)
Jul 07 2014
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "Tourist" <gravatar gravatar.com> writes:
On Monday, 7 July 2014 at 16:06:45 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2a20h5/wired_magazine_discovers_d/

 https://hn.algolia.com/#!/story/forever/0/the%20next%20big%20programming%20language

 https://www.facebook.com/dlang.org/posts/880588921954790

 https://twitter.com/D_Programming/status/486179309363941376


 Andrei
Does the story resemble reality? What's Enki?
Jul 07 2014
parent reply Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:
On 7/7/14, 10:16 AM, Tourist wrote:
 On Monday, 7 July 2014 at 16:06:45 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2a20h5/wired_magazine_discovers_d/


 https://hn.algolia.com/#!/story/forever/0/the%20next%20big%20programming%20language


 https://www.facebook.com/dlang.org/posts/880588921954790

 https://twitter.com/D_Programming/status/486179309363941376


 Andrei
Does the story resemble reality? What's Enki?
Yes, Cade Metz (the author) did a real good job at doing his research and validating it with Walter, myself, and others. Enki is the working name of a language I was working on in 2005. Andrei
Jul 07 2014
parent "Puming" <zhaopuming gmail.com> writes:
I see in the comments that talks about sociomantic's talk on 
DConf,

can you upload and publish it today?

On Monday, 7 July 2014 at 17:49:39 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
 On 7/7/14, 10:16 AM, Tourist wrote:
 On Monday, 7 July 2014 at 16:06:45 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
 wrote:
 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2a20h5/wired_magazine_discovers_d/


 https://hn.algolia.com/#!/story/forever/0/the%20next%20big%20programming%20language


 https://www.facebook.com/dlang.org/posts/880588921954790

 https://twitter.com/D_Programming/status/486179309363941376


 Andrei
Does the story resemble reality? What's Enki?
Yes, Cade Metz (the author) did a real good job at doing his research and validating it with Walter, myself, and others. Enki is the working name of a language I was working on in 2005. Andrei
Jul 07 2014
prev sibling next sibling parent "Gary Willoughby" <dev nomad.so> writes:
On Monday, 7 July 2014 at 16:06:45 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2a20h5/wired_magazine_discovers_d/

 https://hn.algolia.com/#!/story/forever/0/the%20next%20big%20programming%20language

 https://www.facebook.com/dlang.org/posts/880588921954790

 https://twitter.com/D_Programming/status/486179309363941376


 Andrei
Fantastic article.
Jul 07 2014
prev sibling next sibling parent =?UTF-8?B?IlRow6lv?= Bueno" <munrek gmx.com> writes:
This, is amazing.
Today D is getting a great spotlight.
Jul 07 2014
prev sibling next sibling parent Nick Sabalausky <SeeWebsiteToContactMe semitwist.com> writes:
On 7/7/2014 12:06 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
 http://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/2a20h5/wired_magazine_discovers_d/
Excellent article! Best introduction to D I've ever seen. Not only that, but it also helps dissuade the misleading belief that "Facebook is written in PHP", so I'm extra-happy with the article :)
Jul 07 2014
prev sibling next sibling parent reply "Adam D. Ruppe" <destructionator gmail.com> writes:
The reddit response is really positive too it looks like, cool.
Jul 08 2014
next sibling parent "Puming" <zhaopuming gmail.com> writes:
Awesome! Look at the 90% of upvotes and people all asking 
constuctive and fun questions :-)

On Tuesday, 8 July 2014 at 14:29:31 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
 The reddit response is really positive too it looks like, cool.
Jul 08 2014
prev sibling next sibling parent "John" <john.joyus gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 8 July 2014 at 14:29:31 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
 The reddit response is really positive too it looks like, cool.
That is as exciting as the article itself!
Jul 08 2014
prev sibling parent reply Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d-announce writes:
On 8 July 2014 15:29, Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-announce
<digitalmars-d-announce puremagic.com> wrote:
 The reddit response is really positive too it looks like, cool.
Just goes to show that when it comes from a source that people may consider trustworthy, they genuinely take notice and listen. :)
Jul 08 2014
next sibling parent "John" <john.joyus gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 8 July 2014 at 15:44:26 UTC, Iain Buclaw via 
Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
 On 8 July 2014 15:29, Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-announce
 <digitalmars-d-announce puremagic.com> wrote:
 The reddit response is really positive too it looks like, cool.
Just goes to show that when it comes from a source that people may consider trustworthy, they genuinely take notice and listen. :)
+1
Jul 08 2014
prev sibling parent =?UTF-8?B?IlRow6lv?= Bueno" <munrek gmx.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 8 July 2014 at 15:44:26 UTC, Iain Buclaw via 
Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:
 On 8 July 2014 15:29, Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-announce
 <digitalmars-d-announce puremagic.com> wrote:
 The reddit response is really positive too it looks like, cool.
Just goes to show that when it comes from a source that people may consider trustworthy, they genuinely take notice and listen. :)
Also note the huge amount of Facebook shares : near 10'000 now ! Usually, a trending article on wired does not exceed a few hundred.
Jul 08 2014
prev sibling parent =?UTF-8?B?IlRow6lv?= Bueno" <munrek gmx.com> writes:
A fork of this article also appeared on sdtimes :
http://www.sdtimes.com/content/article.aspx?ArticleID=71465&page=1
Jul 09 2014