Hello all,

I heard of D some time back, but at that time I had problems accessing the news server then, so I couldn't join in the discussion. However, the problem's solved now. :-)

I find D to be an interesting idea: the only major problem I have with it is that I can't get a copy of the compiler to try out. Will the compiler be released any time soon? It'll be interesting to know what it feels like to program in it, even if it's buggy and released under a `see, don't touch' license. :)

As a side note, for the last few months I've been working on my own little OOP extension to the C language (during which I heard about D). I've managed to come up with a working translator for a subset of it; the source, which I plan to release under an open-source license soon, is available at <http://breve.8m.net/>.

In any case, hello to everyone! :-)

Cheers,
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I'm working on the compiler!

<chiatee1@comp.nus.edu.sg> wrote in message news:3BE5DE62.515927C8@comp.nus.edu.sg...
> Hello all,
>
> I heard of D some time back, but at that time I had problems accessing the news server then, so I couldn't join in the discussion. However, the
problem's
> solved now. :-)
>
> I find D to be an interesting idea: the only major problem I have with it
is
> that I can't get a copy of the compiler to try out. Will the compiler be released any time soon? It'll be interesting to know what it feels like to program in it, even if it's buggy and released under a `see, don't touch' license. :)
>
> As a side note, for the last few months I've been working on my own little OOP extension to the C language (during which I heard about D). I've managed to come up with a working translator for a subset of it; the
source,
> which I plan to release under an open-source license soon, is available at <http://breve.8m.net/>.
>
> In any case, hello to everyone! :-)
>
> Cheers,
> --
> # https://2307151366/~chiatee1/gpg
f75949318a026c5707ff188b438cca87faf73a82
> -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK-----
> Version: 3.12
> Comment: For info see http://www.geekcode.com/
> GCS/MU/>AT d- s:(+) a-- C(++) UL>++++ P++(+++) L++(+++) E- W++>+++ N+
o?>++ K?
> w--- O? M? V? PS+ PE Y+>++ PGP++>++++ t? 5? X? R- tv- b+>+++ DI(+) D+
G>++++
> e>+++++ h-->--- r-->+++ y
> -----END GEEK CODE BLOCK-----

Walter wrote:

> I'm working on the compiler!

Also working on the compiler can be done in an opened way. (The basar concept instead of cathedral development model)

A project constists of more than just coding a compiler and writing the specs. I think it's high time to decide what license politic you want to go. Is the compiler OpenSource? When yes under which license does it go? (GPL, BSD, ...) Can I use the compiler by just beeing dependant on other pieces of OpenSource Software?, or does it only work if I buyed an own the products A, B, C of the companies M, N, O? Does it work with freely available tools? (like in example bison instead of a close parser generator) or does it only work with closed properitary libraries of DigitalMars? Will be able to run on Unix systems? or are we forced to windows (tm)?

You know today for a language beeing publical accepted it's pretty much a requirment for the compiler to be freely available. Look at the recent languages that made it, all of them were able to get at null cost (Perl, Python, Java, etc.) and now I notice all of them were with great distance first available for unix systems :o)

A true project also constists of many other tasks than just technical aspects. In example gathering and holding a community around it, caring about the legal surrondings, etc.

- Axel
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"Axel Kittenberger" <axel@dtone.org> wrote in message news:9sakbi$24g$1@digitaldaemon.com...

> Also working on the compiler can be done in an opened way. (The basar concept instead of cathedral development model)
>
> A project constists of more than just coding a compiler and writing the specs. I think it's high time to decide what license politic you want to go. Is the compiler OpenSource? When yes under which license does it go? (GPL, BSD, ...) Can I use the compiler by just beeing dependant on other pieces of OpenSource Software?, or does it only work if I buyed an own the products A, B, C of the companies M, N, O? Does it work with freely available tools? (like in example bison instead of a close parser generator) or does it only work with closed properitary libraries of DigitalMars? Will be able to run on Unix systems? or are we forced to windows (tm)?

From D FAQ:

    Q: Will D be open source?

    A: The long term success of D will require it to be open source. The
       plan is to first get an implementation working, and then make the
       front end available to people who would like to merge it with GCC.

I believe that answers to most, if not all, of your questions can be deducted from this statement. =)