When I choose a programming language to work on a problem, one of
the factors I look at is whether there are enough tools and
libraries to construct a solution in a reasonable amount of time.
Back when I was looking at D for game development – and I still
am – there was Derelict. And now, there still is Derelict.
Without it, I probably would've wrote D off for this specific
task.
I'm hoping in another few years, we'll have nice idiomatic D
wrappers on top of Derelict for most things. There are a lot of
promising projects out there, many that are quite nice already
(gfm, for example). Derelict oft serves as the basis for these
projects, eliminating a lot of the front load.
Thanks to Mike Parker and all of the other contributors for
developing and maintaining Derelict for these 10 long years.
Regards,
Kelet
