On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 at 17:59:52 UTC, Chris wrote:
On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 at 14:20:56 UTC, tester wrote:
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Programmiersprache-D-Compiler-ist-jetzt-selbst-in-D-geschrieben-2869589.html
in essence:
no killer feature and as interesting as brainfuck
-> and they didn't know about the problems with windows after
installation
Here's my _quick_ translation of the article. There was one
passage that was a bit awkward in German (should never have
been published like that) so I didn't try to be "loyal" to the
original. Please, point out any mistakes I made, but don't
start splitting hairs :)
Here's the text in English:
Not only young programming languages like Go and Rust that are
frequently mentioned in the media are constantly evolving. D
that aims to challenge C++ has reached another milestone.
With the advent of new systems programming languages like
Google’s Go and the Mozilla Foundation’s Rust the D Programming
Language got less media coverage, although many new features of
C++11 and C++14 had already been part and parcel of D.
Self-hosting D
What’s worth mentioning now is that with the latest version
2.069 [sic!] the D compiler DMD is now written in D. A new
feature like this is always an accolade for a programming
language and a sign of a certain maturity. In addition to this,
the standard library now features a module for memory
allocation. Apart from being able to call C and C++ functions
directly, Objective-C functions can now be accessed too. There
is mention of more than 160 bug fixes on Twitter.
The fact the next DConf, the most important D developer
conference worldwide, will take place in Berlin adds some local
flavor [the article was written in German]. The dates are 4.-6.
May 2016. The call for papers has already started. D developers
can send in papers until the 26. February.
D in four sentences
Shortly after the C++98 standard had been published in 1999,
the inventor of D, Walter Bright, set out to develop a new
object-oriented, imperative programming language that borrowed
heavily from C++. In the following years, he and other
developers were also inspired by Java and C#, but also by
languages like Ruby and Python. In January 2007, Bright
presented version 1.0, which an older article on heise
Developer[1] refers to. From 2007 till 2010 the developers
worked on version 2.x.
[1]
http://www.heise.de/developer/artikel/D-die-neue-Programmiersprache-mit-C-Wurzeln-227070.html
that's neat, but you forget the discussion gives some negative
picture except for the few D guys from this forum?? that hold
against it.
