Here's looking at you, kid

[rsw0x via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 20 November 2015 at 08:51:13 UTC, Warwick wrote:
> On Friday, 20 November 2015 at 01:28:00 UTC, rsw0x wrote:
>> On Friday, 20 November 2015 at 00:47:17 UTC, Warwick wrote:
>>> [...]
>>
>> Ali's book is not a tutorial or aimed at absolute beginners, 
>> it's /the/ material for learning D and in my opinion a great 
>> reference book.
>
> It says on the website and I quote... "a great starting point 
> for absolute beginners"
>
> But the fundamental problem and what everyone seems to be 
> refusing to acknowledge is that in spite of what *you think 
> people should be doing* many visitors are ending up using 
> language reference to learn D.
>
> Or they use that reference to get their first impressions.
>
> It's like going to a restaurant and being given the recipes 
> instead of the menu.
>
> But keep burying you heads in the ground.

I seriously don't see what the problem is.
The best resource for learning D is the second link on the 
"getting started" page. The language reference is under the 'for 
more depth' category.