popcar2@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 2 years agoWhy I use the D programming language for scriptingopensource.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up168arrow-down16file-text
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I’ve never used D but this really makes me want to give it a shot. Did anyone try it, and would you recommend using it?
minus-squarejim_stark@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years ago reference compiler closed source Is it still closed source? What is the reason?!
minus-squarecmeerw@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoI think it is Open Source now, see https://github.com/dlang/dmd AFAIK the backend is based on the Zortech C/C++ backend and Walter Bright had to get permission from Symantec to relicence as Open Source.
minus-squareImpossibleRubiksCube@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoNo idea what the reason was, likely misunderstanding from upper management. I’m not sure going open would make much of a difference at this point
minus-squarejim_stark@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoYeah, C# and Rust, in their own ways, pretty much covered what D lang set out to do.
minus-squareImpossibleRubiksCube@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-22 years agoC# was the solution, we didn’t yet know that we needed, to Java.
Is it still closed source? What is the reason?!
I think it is Open Source now, see https://github.com/dlang/dmd
AFAIK the backend is based on the Zortech C/C++ backend and Walter Bright had to get permission from Symantec to relicence as Open Source.
I see, makes sense.
No idea what the reason was, likely misunderstanding from upper management. I’m not sure going open would make much of a difference at this point
Yeah, C# and Rust, in their own ways, pretty much covered what D lang set out to do.
C# was the solution, we didn’t yet know that we needed, to Java.