On 3/13/15 7:34 AM, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote:
On Fri, 2015-03-13 at 14:20 +0000, Chris via Digitalmars-d wrote:
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reluctant to learn something new. Crowd 2. we can win over, yet
we have failed to communicate with them, to reach out to them.
Most people I know have a look at D's homepage and say "Uh! Hm.
Ah, I'll use Python." No, they are not hardcore programmers, they
are engineers and scientists. But they are _users_, people who
need to write software to analyze data, to create something. We
should not ignore them, even if they are not (initially)
interested in templates and metaprogramming. Neither was I, when
I first learned D.
It is not Python or R or Julia the language that people choose, it is
the superstructure built on top. So for Python, it is Pandas,
Matplotlib, SciPy, NumPy. And the ability to use ready made C, C++ and
Fortran libraries.
That's right. Offer solid value, and make learning the language just
aftermath. Again, that's why I'm pushing for vibe. -- Andrei
