popcar2@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish · 1 year agoWhy I use the D programming language for scriptingopensource.comexternal-linkmessage-square22fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-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?
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minus-squarejim_stark@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year ago reference compiler closed source Is it still closed source? What is the reason?!
minus-squarecmeerw@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·1 year 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.
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minus-squarejim_stark@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year agoYeah, C# and Rust, in their own ways, pretty much covered what D lang set out to do.
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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.
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Yeah, C# and Rust, in their own ways, pretty much covered what D lang set out to do.
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