On Sunday, 7 October 2018 at 15:41:43 UTC, greentea wrote:
Date: September 7 to 9, 2018.
Location: Manchester, UK
GDC - D front-end GCC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iXRJJ_lrSxE
Thanks for the link, just watched the whole video. The first
half-hour sets the standard as an intro to the language, as only
a compiler developer other than the main implementer could give,
ie someone with fresh eyes.
I loved that Iain started off with a list of real-world projects.
That's a mistake a lot of tech talks make, ie not motivating
_why_ anybody should care about their tech and simply diving into
the tech itself. I hadn't heard some of that info either, great
way to begin.
My only nitpick is that I wish he'd emphasized how much of a
focus D puts on metaprogramming, as I've noticed a lot of
comments on proggit/HN/etc. saying that the power and ease of use
of D's metaprogramming really stood out for them when trying the
language.
