Re: code-d 0.17.0 + serve-d 0.1.2

2018-04-06 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
Nice job WebFreak001 on the new changes. For the first time in years the code-d plugin works out of the box on Windows without any issues. A small tip: associate the .d file extension in the Visual Studio Code marketplace with Code-d. Currently Code-D does not show up when VSC suggests

Re: RedMonk language rankings June 15, 2017

2017-06-24 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Saturday, 24 June 2017 at 22:05:44 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: http://i-programmer.info/news/98-languages/10859-redmonk-rankings-reveal-the-languages-we-love.html -- Andrei It looks like D almost never moved on those rankings.

Re: LDC 1.3.0-beta2

2017-06-12 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 12 June 2017 at 17:49:46 UTC, kinke wrote: Hi everyone, LDC 1.3.0-beta2, the LLVM-based D compiler, is available for download! This release is based on the 2.073.2 frontend and standard library and supports LLVM 3.5-4.0. It's been a while since beta1, so besides numerous fixes

Re: Ali's talk C++Now 2017: Competitive Advantage with D on Reddit!

2017-06-09 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Thursday, 8 June 2017 at 22:59:00 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: Posting direct HN links in any forum is a sure way to have the entry classified as spam (HN uses an algorithm that flags as spam many accesses that do not have their own site as referrer). -- Andrei *uch* What a strange

Re: Ali's talk C++Now 2017: Competitive Advantage with D on Reddit!

2017-06-08 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Thursday, 8 June 2017 at 20:38:33 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: That link doesn't work for me. Besides, I've heard that it's better not to click through a link as HN either rates it lower or flags it as spam. Not sure though, I'm just contributing to cargo cult... :) Ali Removed the old one

Re: Ali's talk C++Now 2017: Competitive Advantage with D on Reddit!

2017-06-08 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Thursday, 8 June 2017 at 20:38:33 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: On 06/08/2017 01:29 PM, Wulfklaue wrote: That link doesn't work for me. Besides, I've heard that it's better not to click through a link as HN either rates it lower or flags it as spam. Not sure though, I'm just contributing to

Re: Ali's talk C++Now 2017: Competitive Advantage with D on Reddit!

2017-06-08 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Thursday, 8 June 2017 at 08:39:58 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/6fz3yh/cnow_2017_competitive_advantage_with_d/ Added to Hacker News ... https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14516927

Re: DCompute is now in the master branch of LDC

2017-05-31 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Wednesday, 31 May 2017 at 12:28:47 UTC, Nicholas Wilson wrote: Perhaps there will be scope for renaming if/when this also includes graphics when either OpenCL is merged into the Vulkan API or Petar Kirov gets Vulkan SPIRV generation going on LLVM, but for now the name stays. People who

Re: DCompute is now in the master branch of LDC

2017-05-31 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Tuesday, 30 May 2017 at 19:23:42 UTC, Jack Stouffer wrote: On Tuesday, 30 May 2017 at 18:06:56 UTC, Walter Bright wrote: I fear the conversation will go like this, like it has for me: N: DCompute W: What's DCompute? N: Enables GPU programming with D W: Cool! instead of: N: D-GPU W:

Re: "Programming in D" is up-to-date

2017-05-30 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Monday, 29 May 2017 at 23:08:55 UTC, Ali Çehreli wrote: Makes sense and others had suggested that as well. One complication would be different cover design for each book. (Even if not the general concept, the book cover image is for that specific number of pages (with some leeway)). I

Re: "Programming in D" is up-to-date

2017-05-29 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
Hi Ali, The book is great ( got it recently ) but there are some things that may make be better. I found the book a bit unwieldy ( hardcover ) version. With its 700+ pages, its kind of hard to take anywhere. When i take it to work and back home, its like carrying a brick with me :)

Re: Faster Command Line Tools in D

2017-05-25 Thread Wulfklaue via Digitalmars-d-announce
On Thursday, 25 May 2017 at 06:22:28 UTC, Jon Degenhardt wrote: Thanks Walter, I appreciate your comments. And correct, as multiple people noted, a speed comparison with other languages not at all a goal of the article. The real intent was to tell a story of how several of D's features play