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C, Objective-C, C++... D! Future Or failure?

Posted by Hemos on from the yet-another-programm-language dept.

TDRighteo writes "OSNews is carrying a quick introduction to a programming language under development - D. Features include garbage collection, overrideable operators, full C compatibility, native compilation, inline assembler, and in-built support for unit testing and "Design by Contract". With all the discussion about the future of GNOME with Java/Mono, does D offer hope of a middle-road? Check out the comparison sheet."

3 of 791 comments (clear)

  1. Other language out there by Bluelive · · Score: 1, Redundant

    http://pluk.sf.net/ is also a programming language that has similair syntax, open source, BSD licensed, and still in development, so you can still insert your killer feature.

  2. I refuse to support D by maunleon · · Score: 2, Redundant

    Cuz it makes it hard to google for "D".

  3. Re:Unneeded history by Kruemelmo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    The article is wrong. D is not at all C compatible. See Programming in D for C Programmers