Teaching Software Engineering in DLang [pdf](dconf.org)
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Teaching Software Engineering in DLang [pdf]
https://dconf.org/2023/slides/shah_and_students.pdf
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Does D still have any potential, considering that Rust, Zig, and Vale have occupied a lot of the mindspace for modern systems programming languages?
Is D better than C++ for many things, including teaching? Definitely. It is a nice language that produces fast programs and is nice to read. It's also very good as a scripting language that can be compiled on demand with rdmd.
But I have to admit that I have been spoiled by Rust. D still blows Rust out of the water when you just want to write a "script" do to some small standalone task very efficiently (with rdmd), but for writing more complex programs Rust's type system feels much nicer.
But I have to admit that I have been spoiled by Rust. D still blows Rust out of the water when you just want to write a "script" do to some small standalone task very efficiently (with rdmd), but for writing more complex programs Rust's type system feels much nicer.
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Thought that said "Da Nang" at first, and thought it was making an Apocalypse Now reference regarding Software Engineering.
Like
"When I'm coding, I want to stop, when I stop, all I can think about is coding".
"When I went home, I just stared at the wall thinking of code, I didn't say anything until I said yes to a divorce".
Like
"When I'm coding, I want to stop, when I stop, all I can think about is coding".
"When I went home, I just stared at the wall thinking of code, I didn't say anything until I said yes to a divorce".
This made me LOL... you've brightened my day.
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overflyer(3)
Its in a weird spot but its faschinating worth exploring it.
It's a flexible language, if you're coming from C / C++, you might like the -BetterC flag.