On Thursday, 7 February 2013 at 20:16:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
No, I can't say who it is at this time. Sorry. But it is a huge
opportunity for us.
To get the design win, we need to:
(a) get dynamic linking and loading to work
(b) improve language safety without degrading efficiency
(c) improve quality as always
Of course, these things benefit pretty much all D users anyway.
Initially, (a) is the most important.
Consider that there are apparently problems when linking and
loading D libs into C/C++ apps. I was told that the GC won't work
correctly, but I'm no longer sure exactly why. If we can safely
link+load shared D libs into C/C++ apps, it is not only useful to
have right now, but it also opens up a safe migration path for
C/C++ users to start using D with their existing C/C++ apps, and
if it works well, they may start using D fully.
--rt
