On Wednesday, 12 February 2014 at 20:49:54 UTC, Nordlöw wrote:
I believe the first code example a newbie sees when he/she
first visits dlang.org should be some variation of Walter's
showcase on Component Programming including all the bells and
whistles of lazy evaluted ranges.
IMHO, this would increase the probability of the newbie staying
a bit further on the site trying to figure out the details of
what make this intriguing D code example tick. And, as a
result, be more convinced about D's unique and powerful
features.
What do you think, fellow D programmers?
I disagree. If that had been my first look at D, I would have run
away and never looked back. That style of code looks like a
foreign language to anyone who's not used to it, implying a steep
learning curve. Some people might be intrigued enough to dig into
it, but anyone looking to just get stuff done isn't going to
bother. Alongside an imperative-style snippet, it's fine. I think
it's great to show that D supports both styles. I'd suggest
actually showing two ways to do the same task, one in imperative
style and one using the range pipeline.
