There were 28 major changes and 76 closed Bugzilla issues in this DMD 2.082.0, including some very welcome improvements in the toolchain.
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DMD 2.081.0 Released
Posted onDMD 2.081.0 is now ready for download. Things that stand out in this release are a few deprecations, the implementation of a recently approved DIP (D Improvement Proposal), and quite a bit of work on C++ compatibility. Read all about it!
Read more...How an Engineering Company Chose to Migrate to D
Posted onImagine there is this little-known programming language in which you enjoy programming in your free time. You know it is ready for prime time and you dream about using it at work everyday. This is the story about how I made a dream like that come true.
Read more...DasBetterC: Converting make.c to D
Posted onD as BetterC (a.k.a. DasBetterC) is a way to upgrade existing C projects to D in an incremental manner. This article shows a step-by-step process of converting a non-trivial C project to D and deals with common issues that crop up.
Read more...Driving Continuous Improvement in D
Posted onKeeping a level of quality in software projects is a neverending battle. Bad practices and shortsighted design decisions make their way into code over time, whether from poor oversight, rushing things through, or simple code rot. There are three things we do in Phobos, other than tests, to fight this entropy.
Read more...Complicated Types: Prefer “alias this” Over “alias” For Easier-To-Read Error Messages
Posted onNick Sabalausky presents a simple and effective D tip for improving error messages involving aliased types.
Read more...D Goes Business
Posted onMany companies run their business processes on an SAP system. Often other applications need to access the SAP system because they provide data or request some calculation. There are many ways to achieve this… Let’s use D for it!
Read more...std.variant Is Everything Cool About D
Posted onI recently read a great article by Matt Kline on how std::visit is everything wrong with modern C++. I was dubious that std::visit could be much harder to use than std.variant.visit, if at all. For the record, my intuition was completely and utterly wrong.
Read more...User Stories: Funkwerk
Posted onIn this post, we cap off the Funkwerk series with the launch of a new feature we creatively call “User Stories”. Now and again, we’ll publish a post in which D users talk of their experiences with D, not about specific projects, but about the language itself. They’ll tell of things like their favorite features, why they use it, how it has changed the way they write code, or anything they’d like to say that expresses how they feel about programming in D.
Read more...DMD 2.079.0 Released
Posted onIt’s not always easy to choose which enhancements or changes from a release to highlight on the blog. What’s important to some will elicit a shrug from others. This time, there’s so much to choose from that my head is spinning. But two in particular stand out as having the potential to result in a significant impact on the D programming experience, especially for those who are new to the language.
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