• Georg Wrede <georg.wrede iki.fi> Mar 01 2009
• Lutger <lutger.blijdestijn gmail.com> Mar 01 2009
• bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> Mar 01 2009
• Georg Wrede <georg.wrede iki.fi> Mar 01 2009
• Jason House <jason.james.house gmail.com> Mar 01 2009
• Ellery Newcomer <ellery-newcomer utulsa.edu> Mar 01 2009

Georg Wrede <georg.wrede iki.fi> writes:

The subject sounds like spam, I know. :-)

I was browsing http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithms and noticed that 
the appendix contains example code in Ada.

Having them written in D would serve several goals:

  - More clear, since D code is very near the Pseudocode one sees 
everywhere. (And who needs Ada anyway.)

  - The more exposure D gets, the higher it scores on TIOBE.

  - The author can get his name under Contributors.

This is one of the few ways a non-guru can get fame, and make a 
significant contribution to spreading our excellent language!

What would other important web sites be?

Lutger <lutger.blijdestijn gmail.com> writes:

Georg Wrede wrote:

 The subject sounds like spam, I know. :-)
 
 I was browsing http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithms and noticed that 
 the appendix contains example code in Ada.
 
 Having them written in D would serve several goals:
 
   - More clear, since D code is very near the Pseudocode one sees 
 everywhere. (And who needs Ada anyway.)
 
   - The more exposure D gets, the higher it scores on TIOBE.
 
   - The author can get his name under Contributors.
 
 This is one of the few ways a non-guru can get fame, and make a 
 significant contribution to spreading our excellent language!
 
 What would other important web sites be?


I just found www.rosettacode.org, I don't know if it's important but it's 
pretty nice and already has ton's of examples in D. Here is the todo list 
for D:

http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Tasks_not_implemented_in_D

bearophile <bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

Lutger:
 I just found www.rosettacode.org, I don't know if it's important but it's 
 pretty nice and already has ton's of examples in D. Here is the todo list 
 for D:


I think most of those already present D examples are written by downs and me :-)

Bye,
bearophile

Georg Wrede <georg.wrede iki.fi> writes:

bearophile wrote:
 Lutger:
 I just found www.rosettacode.org, I don't know if it's important but it's 
 pretty nice and already has ton's of examples in D. Here is the todo list 
 for D:


 I think most of those already present D examples are written by downs and me
:-)


Cool!!

The page http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Tasks_not_implemented_in_D 
lists stuff that still needs to be done.

Is there any idea in trying to deal the tasks somehow? Like the more 
difficult ones to more experienced D programmers? Or is that necessary 
at all?

Jason House <jason.james.house gmail.com> writes:

Lutger wrote:

 Georg Wrede wrote:
 What would other important web sites be?


 I just found www.rosettacode.org, I don't know if it's important but it's
 pretty nice and already has ton's of examples in D. Here is the todo list
 for D:
 
 http://www.rosettacode.org/wiki/Tasks_not_implemented_in_D


I just did 3 of the missing items (ackermann, array init, 
pointers/references).  I encourage others to pick a few to write as well.  
It's a really long list of missing items...

Ellery Newcomer <ellery-newcomer utulsa.edu> writes:

Georg Wrede wrote:
 The subject sounds like spam, I know. :-)
 
 I was browsing http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Algorithms and noticed that 
 the appendix contains example code in Ada.
 
 Having them written in D would serve several goals:
 
  - More clear, since D code is very near the Pseudocode one sees 
 everywhere. (And who needs Ada anyway.)
 
  - The more exposure D gets, the higher it scores on TIOBE.
 
  - The author can get his name under Contributors.
 
 This is one of the few ways a non-guru can get fame, and make a 
 significant contribution to spreading our excellent language!
 
 What would other important web sites be?


PLEAC might be a good target for showcasing D