On 12 July 2014 15:11, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: > On Sat, 2014-07-12 at 13:54 +0100, Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d wrote: > […] >> Or a better Oberon, I haven't quite decided which yet... :) > > Whatever the reality initially, it is definitely now marketed as a > modernized C. Echoes of C++ then. > >> > If there were more D users in the London area than one in London and one >> > in Brighton maybe we could start a London D User Group (LonDUG). >> > SkillsMatter would host. >> > >> >> And I say Hello! from sunny Brighton. > > Aha the Brighton dwelling D user of note ;-) > > I have lived in Brighton, but it was a long time ago, it is probably > very different now. No West Pier for a start! >
I live literally 400 yards away from the burnt down west pier. Its a beautiful sight in the morning, come sun, rain, or fog. I hear they are building a 100 metre high elevator-to-nowhere in its place. Sad times... >> I do believe there are a few people around the London area who either >> have worked in, work in, or have a vested interest in D. I'll give >> Dejan a poke and find out some more numbers. > > We could start a code dojo to build up an initial activity and then > spawn off public meetings with tutorial style material to attract people > new to D. "D for C++ programmers", "D for C programmers", "D for Python > programmers", "D for JavaScript kiddies",… > > We might initially draw on the ACCU London people to gauge interest. > I can give you my details, and can see where things go from there. Regards Iain.