Stream - What is D actually used for?

2015-03-30 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d 
I was asked during my stream "what is D actually used for" of 
course I mentioned e.g. Sociomantic. But as has been said thanks 
to e.g. Reddit. We really need to push the use cases on the site 
much much more. Saying it has e.g. performance is wishy washy. We 
need actual metrics with a purpose.


But the overall feel I've had so far is people have a good idea 
about D. They watch it, but don't really dig into it. In other 
words, we haven't bit them just yet. Perhaps a video might help?


For reference, by the end I had 12 people (including myself) 
watching. https://livecoding.tv/alphaglosined

Re: Stream - What is D actually used for?

2015-03-30 Thread Israel via Digitalmars-d 

On Monday, 30 March 2015 at 13:29:08 UTC, Rikki Cattermole wrote:

"what is D actually used for"


Have you ever heard that phrase, "Jack of all trades, master of 
none"?


If you could pick one language that lives up to this, which one 
would you pick?

Re: Stream - What is D actually used for?

2015-03-30 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d 

On Monday, 30 March 2015 at 17:24:25 UTC, Israel wrote:
Have you ever heard that phrase, "Jack of all trades, master of 
none"?


If you could pick one language that lives up to this, which one 
would you pick?


I'd say C++, you can do everything with it, it is just awkward.

D actually is a master of all trades - I haven't encountered a 
programming problem yet, except when restrained by external 
factors, that D isn't my first choice to solve it with.

Re: Stream - What is D actually used for?

2015-03-30 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d 

On 31/03/2015 6:27 a.m., Adam D. Ruppe wrote:

On Monday, 30 March 2015 at 17:24:25 UTC, Israel wrote:

Have you ever heard that phrase, "Jack of all trades, master of none"?

If you could pick one language that lives up to this, which one would
you pick?


I'd say C++, you can do everything with it, it is just awkward.

D actually is a master of all trades - I haven't encountered a
programming problem yet, except when restrained by external factors,
that D isn't my first choice to solve it with.


A jack of all trades, is a master of none. Hi I'm Dr. Jack D. Language. 
But you can call me Dr. Jack!