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| − | * std.algorithm - see forum
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| − | == Wiki ==
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| − | * We need [http://wiki.dlang.org/Coming_From D as a second language] sections completed
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| − | * C and C++ need updating
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| − | * we need more examples of how to shift idiom to speak fluent D
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| − | * the Python page is started but needs fleshing out
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| − | * and most of the other sections are empty.
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| − | One note about Walter's older C/C++ transition articles. They have good information on transition technicalities (e.g. "how do I do this thing in D that I used to do in C++?") but not a lot about the changes in coding style - making object copying not arbitrarily expensive, choosing struct vs. class, preferring pipelines and lazy to eager computation, etc. From what I see some folks come from C++, write their first D program in a stilted C++ idiom, and are left with the impression that the work is not worth the trouble.
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| − | Andrei
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| − | == how to better promote your own D projects ==
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| − | I hate the movie "Field of Dreams" where they push the idiotic idea of "Build it and they will come." No, they won't. There's a blizzard of stuff competing for their attention out there, why should they invest the time looking at your stuff? You need to tell them why!
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| − | Here's the frustrating typical pattern I've seen here for years:
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| − | 1. spend hundreds if not thousands of hours developing something really cool
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| − | 2. spend 2 minutes posting a link to the repository on D.announce
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| − | 3. someone posts it to reddit. Ignore it
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| − | 4. get frustrated that nobody looks at it
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| − | 5. get bitter and quit
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| − | Here's the pattern that works a lot better:
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| − | 1. spend hundreds if not thousands of hours developing something really cool
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| − | 2. spend 10 minutes writing the announcement to D.announce. Be sure to include:
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| − | who, what, where, when, why, and how
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| − | 3. someone posts it to reddit
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| − | 4. post the who, what, where, when, why and how on reddit AS SOON AS POSSIBLE after the reddit link appears. Stuff on reddit has a VERY SHORT shelf life. If it doesn't get action within a couple hours, it fades into oblivion. Identify yourself as the author, say AMA. The first one to post a comment tends to spark and set the tone for the discussion.
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| − | 5. check back on reddit once an hour or so for the next day, answer questions
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| − | 6. *****
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| − | 7. profit!
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| − | Walter Bright
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| − | </blockquote>
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