Passed DConf 2013 - Conference on the programming language D
A little more than a week ago, ended a three-day conference on the programming language D. About him have repeatedly written on Habrahabr, and the conference itself was devoted to a separate post where you can see the full list of reports. In short:
She passed from 1 to 3 May 2013
Venue - Facebook Headquarters in California
Presentations were made by the developers of the compiler and the standard language library, its creator Walter Bright, as well as representatives of companies that use D in the development
The funds for the conference were raised by the Kickstarter community.
Report directions:
Techniques and tools for effective development on D
Experience of using D in solving applied problems: writing compilers, research and development of games
Language Interiors: Metaprogramming, Specific Design Patterns, SIMD
Discussions of the future language between its developers
All reports were filmed and will gradually be published. So far, the recordings of the first two speeches are available: the opening speech of the creator of the language Walter Bright and the story about Copy and Move Semantics in D by Ali Çehreli, both videos are added below.
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(I do not see them in the preview, just in case, here are the direct links: the first and second .)
The conference organizers believe that it was very successful and showed that D is a rapidly developing and promising language. In the future, DConf is planned to be an annual event.