Is D defined by DMD it's reference implementation, or is there a formal definition somewhere that is met by the reference implementation?

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On Tuesday, 2 May 2017 at 11:01:04 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
> Is D defined by DMD it's reference implementation,

I'd say that this is the case, with

- The D programming Language: http://erdani.com/index.php/books/tdpl/

"The D Programming Language, dubbed TDPL by its readers, is the ultimate authoritative reference on D".

- The specifications (language reference), so this site. For example anyone who wants to write a D compiler should use it for the semantic.

But no "ISO D" afaik

On 2017-05-02 13:01, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> Is D defined by DMD it's reference implementation, or is there a formal
> definition somewhere that is met by the reference implementation?

I would say that it's a mix of "The D programming Language", the specification on dlang.org and DMD.

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