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The D Programming Language

Posted by michael on from the whiter-whites-and-brighter-colors dept.

dereferenced writes: "Walter Bright, author of the original Zortech C++ Compiler and the free (as in beer) Digital Mars C/C++ Compiler, has posted a draft specification for a new programming language that he describes as "a successor to C and C++". It seems to me that most of the "new" programming languages fall into one of two categories: Those from academia with radical new paradigms and those from large corporations with a focus on RAD and the web. Maybe its time for a new language born out of practical experience implementing compilers."

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  1. Re:First Parrot by JoeShmoe · · Score: 4, Funny

    From the dictionary:

    1. "#", ASCII code 35.

    Common names: number sign; pound; pound sign; hash; sharp; crunch; hex; mesh; grid; crosshatch; octothorpe; flash; square; pig-pen; tictactoe; scratchmark; thud; thump; splat.

    Personally, I like "C-octothorpe"

    - JoeShmoe

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  2. Re:Forth !!!! by stokes · · Score: 5, Funny

    I've got an idea... let's hybridize a postfix language like Forth and natural language processing. We can call the new programming language "Yoda." Here's some sample code:

    Variable x to 10 be setting.
    1 to x you add.
    This times 10 you be repeating.