@popcar2 to ProgrammingEnglish • 11 months agoWhy I use the D programming language for scriptingopensource.comexternal-linkmessage-square18arrow-up171arrow-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?
minus-square@jim_starklink6•11 months ago reference compiler closed source Is it still closed source? What is the reason?!
minus-square@cmeerwlink6•11 months 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.
minus-square@jim_starklink3•11 months 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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