A Beginner's Guide to D/Before We Begin.../Short Introduction to D

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D is a language following in the footsteps of the C-language family. It has the same general syntax, so anyone familiar with C, C++, Java or C# should be able to easily pick up the language. You should see the language comparison page for more details.

Since this page is about a short introduction to D, why not start with the all-famous Hello World.

 import std.stdio;
 
 void main()
 {
   writefln("Hello World!");
 }

For the experienced C programmer, the import and writefln should look strange. We will discuss them in later chapters.