Re: How is D doing?

2016-02-08 Thread Basile Burg via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 11:42:42 UTC, bachmeier wrote: 1. Downloads of the DMD compiler have been fluctuating between 1000 and 1600 per day: http://erdani.com/d/downloads.daily.png To this you can add 75dl per day for ldc: http://www.somsubhra.com/github-release-stats/?username=ldc-d

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-24 Thread beck via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:30:32 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote: I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere or are there chances of it dying anytime soon. So far I've tried a whi

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-24 Thread ShinraTensei via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 05:44:03 UTC, Craig Dillabaugh wrote: On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 00:16:16 UTC, rsw0x wrote: On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 21:38:22 UTC, ZombineDev wrote: On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 17:49:34 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote: clip removed C++ because it ju

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-23 Thread H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 07:19:20AM +, rsw0x via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: > On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 06:10:55 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: > >On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 12:16:16AM +, rsw0x via Digitalmars-d-learn > >wrote: [...] > >>D, as I expected, has a massive following in Japan. I'm st

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-23 Thread rsw0x via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 06:10:55 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 12:16:16AM +, rsw0x via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: [...] D, as I expected, has a massive following in Japan. I'm still not quite sure why. Maybe because one of the most prolific contributors to D, esp.

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-23 Thread H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 12:16:16AM +, rsw0x via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote: [...] > D, as I expected, has a massive following in Japan. I'm still not > quite sure why. Maybe because one of the most prolific contributors to D, esp. to dmd, (and by far) happens to be from Japan? T -- Many ope

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-23 Thread Craig Dillabaugh via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 00:16:16 UTC, rsw0x wrote: On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 21:38:22 UTC, ZombineDev wrote: On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 17:49:34 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote: clip removed C++ because it just dwarfs the others. D, as I expected, has a massive following in Japan

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-23 Thread Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 00:16:16 UTC, rsw0x wrote: restrict it to 'programming' to get a more accurate assessment of D. https://google.com/trends/explore#cat=0-5-31&q=%2Fm%2F01kbt7%2C%20%2Fm%2F0dsbpg6%2C%20%2Fm%2F091hdj%2C%20%2Fm%2F03j_q&date=1%2F2010%2061m&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT-2 remove

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-23 Thread rsw0x via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 21:38:22 UTC, ZombineDev wrote: On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 17:49:34 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote: On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:30:32 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote: I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc)

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-23 Thread D via Digitalmars-d-learn
I'm doing quite well, thank you.

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-23 Thread thedeemon via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 21:38:22 UTC, ZombineDev wrote: Google Trends shows something interesting: https://google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F01kbt7%2C%20%2Fm%2F0dsbpg6%2C%20%2Fm%2F091hdj%2C%20%2Fm%2F03j_q%2C%20C%2B%2B&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT-2 Today I Learned C++ is most interested by in E

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-22 Thread ShinraTensei via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 21:58:24 UTC, Cavanni wrote: On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:43:24 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote: A friend of mine told me that my post might have sounded a bit trollish i assure you that was not the case. In fact it sounds very nonsense to me. You know you jus

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-22 Thread Cavanni via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:43:24 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote: A friend of mine told me that my post might have sounded a bit trollish i assure you that was not the case. In fact it sounds very nonsense to me. You know you just came here asking on a "D FORUM" if the "D Programming Langu

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-22 Thread ZombineDev via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 17:49:34 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote: On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:30:32 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote: I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere or a

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-22 Thread Jakob Jenkov via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:30:32 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote: I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere or are there chances of it dying anytime soon. Check out Google Tre

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-22 Thread bachmeier via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:30:32 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote: I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere or are there chances of it dying anytime soon. So far I've tried a whi

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-21 Thread Ali Çehreli via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 12/21/2015 07:30 PM, ShinraTensei wrote: > I'm not looking into D for job opportunities. Even so, we may start hearing more and more D job openings. I've heard about yet another San Francisco startup where individual teams pick their own language and one of their teams uses D. (I don't know

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-21 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 22/12/15 4:43 PM, ShinraTensei wrote: Thank you for your insights. I've decided to stick with D. A friend of mine told me that my post might have sounded a bit trollish i assure you that was not the case. No no it is fine for D.learn. It shows that you are willing to learn actually try inst

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-21 Thread ShinraTensei via Digitalmars-d-learn
Thank you for your insights. I've decided to stick with D. A friend of mine told me that my post might have sounded a bit trollish i assure you that was not the case. Also i never used any mailing lists so wasn't sure who to reply to so i replied to myself.

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-21 Thread Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d-learn
On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:30:32 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote: my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere D rox and is used by a lot of people. are there chances of it dying anytime soon. It can never die as long as we remember it...

How is D doing?

2015-12-21 Thread ShinraTensei via Digitalmars-d-learn
I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere or are there chances of it dying anytime soon. So far I've tried a while bunch of languages and i do like D the most, since i am used to

Re: How is D doing?

2015-12-21 Thread Rikki Cattermole via Digitalmars-d-learn
On 22/12/15 4:30 PM, ShinraTensei wrote: I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere or are there chances of it dying anytime soon. So far I've tried a while bunch of languages and i