On Thursday, 13 February 2014 at 04:30:26 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
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.
I have to agree with this, if the first thing I saw when I came
here was ranges I would have left a long time ago. I think most
people who find themselves looking at D went looking for C++ like
language with a cleaner syntax, so I think examples that
illustrate that would be better for a front page kind of thing.
