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April 10, 2017 InfoWorld article on the open sourcing of dmd | ||||
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/3188427/application-development/free-at-last-d-languages-official-compiler-is-open-source.html Andrei |
April 10, 2017 Re: InfoWorld article on the open sourcing of dmd | ||||
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Posted in reply to Andrei Alexandrescu | On Monday, April 10, 2017 09:24:16 Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d- announce wrote:
> http://www.infoworld.com/article/3188427/application-development/free-at-l ast-d-languages-official-compiler-is-open-source.html
Hmmm. This article makes it sound like all of dmd was closed-source rather than just the backend, and it would be easy to come away thinking that Symantec created D. :|
Well, at least it's helping get the word out that dmd is fully open-source now.
- Jonathan M Davis
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On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 11:15:41AM -0700, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote: > On Monday, April 10, 2017 09:24:16 Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d- announce wrote: > > http://www.infoworld.com/article/3188427/application-development/free-at-l ast-d-languages-official-compiler-is-open-source.html > > Hmmm. This article makes it sound like all of dmd was closed-source rather than just the backend, and it would be easy to come away thinking that Symantec created D. :| > > Well, at least it's helping get the word out that dmd is fully open-source now. [...] Typical news source oversimplifying the issue. But at least it's getting the word out. No coverage is bad coverage, after all. T -- Valentine's Day: an occasion for florists to reach into the wallets of nominal lovers in dire need of being reminded to profess their hypothetical love for their long-forgotten. |
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