• ShinraTensei (11/11) Dec 21 2015 I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person
• Adam D. Ruppe (3/5) Dec 21 2015 It can never die as long as we remember it...
• Rikki Cattermole (4/13) Dec 21 2015 D is most certainly not a dead language.
• ShinraTensei (6/6) Dec 21 2015 Thank you for your insights.
• Rikki Cattermole (5/11) Dec 21 2015 No no it is fine for D.learn.
• Cavanni (5/7) Dec 22 2015 In fact it sounds very nonsense to me. You know.... you just came
• ShinraTensei (5/13) Dec 22 2015 Actually yes. Even though people here are obviously fan's of D, a
• =?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= (6/7) Dec 21 2015 Even so, we may start hearing more and more D job openings. I've heard
• bachmeier (20/31) Dec 22 2015 I know this question has been answered, but I wanted to provide
• Basile Burg (4/7) Feb 08 2016 To this you can add 75dl per day for ldc:
• Jakob Jenkov (4/8) Dec 22 2015 Check out Google Trends. Searches for D Tutorial still beats
• ZombineDev (3/12) Dec 22 2015 Google Trends shows something interesting:
• thedeemon (2/4) Dec 23 2015 Today I Learned C++ is most interested by in Ethiopia. ;)
• rsw0x (7/23) Dec 23 2015 restrict it to 'programming' to get a more accurate assessment of
• Ola Fosheim =?UTF-8?B?R3LDuHN0YWQ=?= (4/10) Dec 23 2015 3 d language
• Craig Dillabaugh (4/10) Dec 23 2015 Hey, this can be D's theme song:
• ShinraTensei (4/15) Dec 24 2015 I strangely find this more fitting. :)
• H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d-learn (7/9) Dec 23 2015 Maybe because one of the most prolific contributors to D, esp. to dmd,
• rsw0x (5/12) Dec 23 2015 I'm aware of Kenji, I'm just not sure why because I never notice
• H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d-learn (6/20) Dec 23 2015 [...]
• D (1/1) Dec 23 2015 I'm doing quite well, thank you.
• beck (7/18) Dec 24 2015 my english is not good ~_~

ShinraTensei <luka.slijepcevic94 gmail.com> writes:

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 C/C++ syntax also Java a bit, but i 
don't like Java.
Now i'm trying to can C/C++ and get accustomed to something more 
modern so D is my choice unless its a dead language.
I'm not looking into D for job opportunities. Just writing 
programs for my own amusement and maybe even profit some day.

Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:

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...

Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:

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 do like D the most,
 since i am used to C/C++ syntax also Java a bit, but i don't like Java.
 Now i'm trying to can C/C++ and get accustomed to something more modern
 so D is my choice unless its a dead language.
 I'm not looking into D for job opportunities. Just writing programs for
 my own amusement and maybe even profit some day.

D is most certainly not a dead language.
We grow fairly slowly, but we are most certainly growing.

We play the long game, slow but steady.

ShinraTensei <luka.slijepcevic94 gmail.com> writes:

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.

Rikki Cattermole <alphaglosined gmail.com> writes:

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 instead of trolling.

 Also i never used any mailing lists so wasn't sure who to reply to so i
 replied to myself.

No worries.

You're welcome to join us on Freenode #d.

Cavanni <c vanni.com> writes:

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 Language" will 
die anytime soon...

So... expecting what? A fan confirming this?

ShinraTensei <luka.slijepcevic94 gmail.com> writes:

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 just 
 came here asking on a "D FORUM" if the "D Programming Language" 
 will die anytime soon...

 So... expecting what? A fan confirming this?

Actually yes. Even though people here are obviously fan's of D, a 
person is still capable of giving unbiased opinion of it.
I am fan of many things i can certainly say aren't doing all that 
good and i still remain a fan.

=?UTF-8?Q?Ali_=c3=87ehreli?= <acehreli yahoo.com> writes:

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 which 
company yet.)

Ali

bachmeier <no spam.net> writes:

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 while bunch of languages and i do like D 
 the most, since i am used to C/C++ syntax also Java a bit, but 
 i don't like Java.
 Now i'm trying to can C/C++ and get accustomed to something 
 more modern so D is my choice unless its a dead language.
 I'm not looking into D for job opportunities. Just writing 
 programs for my own amusement and maybe even profit some day.

I know this question has been answered, but I wanted to provide 
some hard facts for future visitors.

1. Downloads of the DMD compiler have been fluctuating between 
1000 and 1600 per day:

http://erdani.com/d/downloads.daily.png

That number only captures downloads of one compiler from one 
source.

2. Books on the language. Packt published D Cookbook in 2014. 
They have already published Learning D in 2015 and will be 
publishing D Web Development in January. Clearly, in that 
publisher's experience, D is becoming a sufficiently popular 
language to invest in it. Other books (not with that publisher) 
are currently in progress.

3. The D Language Foundation. Andrei quit his job a few months 
ago to work on D and the D Language Foundation full time.

http://forum.dlang.org/post/xsqrdgwnzehdmfmvcznn forum.dlang.org

4. The large number of participants on the main development 
forum.  Not all of them contribute, but it indicates a strong 
interest in the language to post there.

Basile Burg <basile.b gmx.com> writes:

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-developers&repository=ldc

They'll reach 60K (overlall) this week.

Jakob Jenkov <jakob jenkov.com> writes:

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 Trends. Searches for D Tutorial still beats 
searches for Scala Tutorial by a big margin:

https://google.com/trends/explore#q=d%20tutorial%2C%20scala%20tutorial

ZombineDev <valid_email he.re> writes:

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 are there chances 
 of it dying anytime soon.


 Check out Google Trends. Searches for D Tutorial still beats 
 searches for Scala Tutorial by a big margin:

 https://google.com/trends/explore#q=d%20tutorial%2C%20scala%20tutorial

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

thedeemon <dlang thedeemon.com> writes:

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 Ethiopia. ;)

rsw0x <anonymous anonymous.com> writes:

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) but my question is 
 weather the D is actually used anywhere or are there chances 
 of it dying anytime soon.


 Check out Google Trends. Searches for D Tutorial still beats 
 searches for Scala Tutorial by a big margin:

 https://google.com/trends/explore#q=d%20tutorial%2C%20scala%20tutorial

 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

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

removed C++ because it just dwarfs the others.
D, as I expected, has a massive following in Japan. I'm still not 
quite sure why.

Ola Fosheim =?UTF-8?B?R3LDuHN0YWQ=?= writes:

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

 removed C++ because it just dwarfs the others.
 D, as I expected, has a massive following in Japan. I'm still 
 not quite sure why.

3 d language
3 d programming

?

Craig Dillabaugh <craig.dillabaugh gmail.com> writes:

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. I'm still 
 not quite sure why.

Hey, this can be D's theme song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg6rp20OGLo

ShinraTensei <luka.slijepcevic94 gmail.com> writes:

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 just dwarfs the others.
 D, as I expected, has a massive following in Japan. I'm still 
 not quite sure why.

 Hey, this can be D's theme song:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cg6rp20OGLo

I strangely find this more fitting. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ls3rD8VfiSY

"H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d-learn" <digitalmars-d-learn puremagic.com> writes:

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 12:16:16AM +0000, 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 open minds should be closed for repairs. -- K5 user

rsw0x <anonymous anonymous.com> writes:

On Thursday, 24 December 2015 at 06:10:55 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
 On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 12:16:16AM +0000, 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

I'm aware of Kenji, I'm just not sure why because I never notice 
that many Japanese posters here. It seems quite popular on 
Twitter with Japanese users though which is why I'm familiar with 
its popularity in Japan.

"H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d-learn" <digitalmars-d-learn puremagic.com> writes:

On Thu, Dec 24, 2015 at 07:19:20AM +0000, 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 +0000, 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

 
 I'm aware of Kenji, I'm just not sure why because I never notice that
 many Japanese posters here.

[...]

Maybe because this forum is English-based? Just a conjecture.


T

-- 
Perhaps the most widespread illusion is that if we were in power we would
behave very differently from those who now hold it---when, in truth, in order
to get power we would have to become very much like them. -- Unknown

D <d d.d> writes:

I'm doing quite well, thank you.

beck <cabing_2005 126.com> writes:

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 while bunch of languages and i do like D 
 the most, since i am used to C/C++ syntax also Java a bit, but 
 i don't like Java.
 Now i'm trying to can C/C++ and get accustomed to something 
 more modern so D is my choice unless its a dead language.
 I'm not looking into D for job opportunities. Just writing 
 programs for my own amusement and maybe even profit some day.

my english is not good ~_~
i have the same question to ask.
before i have deeper learn and use on D
in china,we  have more attention to GO or Rust .
even not have a job  provided for D programer.

i am excited by the news for the answers.