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April 21, 2004 newbie: How complete is D? | ||||
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I just heard about D a couple of days ago at osnews.com. I'm interested in learning it, and there's already an application that I was going to start writing soon so I thought of implementing it in D. The program is a simple compiler for a subset of the Pascal language (it's a college assignment actually). I'm not interested in adding a GUI for it. My question is, is D complete/stable enough such that I could use it for this task without having problems that leave me in the middle of nowhere (given that I already know C/C++ & Java very well)? Thanks in advance... Mahmoud |
April 21, 2004 Re: newbie: How complete is D? | ||||
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Posted in reply to Mahmoud Al Gammal | Mahmoud Al Gammal wrote: >I just heard about D a couple of days ago at osnews.com. >I'm interested in learning it, and there's already an application >that I was going to start writing soon so I thought of implementing it >in D. > >The program is a simple compiler for a subset of the Pascal language >(it's a college assignment actually). I'm not interested in adding a >GUI for it. > >My question is, is D complete/stable enough such that I could use it >for this task without having problems that leave me in the middle >of nowhere (given that I already know C/C++ & Java very well)? > >Thanks in advance... > >Mahmoud > > I think so. D is approaching 1.0 so it's almost complete :) . In regard to libs, well you'll have to port any C libs that you can't find a D alternative for. I mean D has lots of libs, but nothing on the scale of C++ or java. Stability - I rarely find a D compiler bug (nowadays). Your not using a GUI, that should make D a bit easier (most D GUI's are still in early development). -- -Anderson: http://badmama.com.au/~anderson/ |
April 21, 2004 Re: newbie: How complete is D? | ||||
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Posted in reply to Mahmoud Al Gammal | Mahmoud Al Gammal wrote:
> I just heard about D a couple of days ago at osnews.com.
> I'm interested in learning it, and there's already an application
> that I was going to start writing soon so I thought of implementing it
> in D.
>
> The program is a simple compiler for a subset of the Pascal language
> (it's a college assignment actually). I'm not interested in adding a
> GUI for it.
>
> My question is, is D complete/stable enough such that I could use it
> for this task without having problems that leave me in the middle
> of nowhere (given that I already know C/C++ & Java very well)?
>
> Thanks in advance...
>
> Mahmoud
Maybe you could help us by writing a d code parser generator?
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April 22, 2004 Re: newbie: How complete is D? | ||||
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Posted in reply to Mahmoud Al Gammal | Off the top of my head: Language: 85% Compiler: 75% Libraries: 50% but all these are rapidly accelerating towards completion. Want to contribute? "Mahmoud Al Gammal" <Mahmoud_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:c66uua$2mdd$1@digitaldaemon.com... > I just heard about D a couple of days ago at osnews.com. > I'm interested in learning it, and there's already an application > that I was going to start writing soon so I thought of implementing it > in D. > > The program is a simple compiler for a subset of the Pascal language (it's a college assignment actually). I'm not interested in adding a GUI for it. > > My question is, is D complete/stable enough such that I could use it for this task without having problems that leave me in the middle of nowhere (given that I already know C/C++ & Java very well)? > > Thanks in advance... > > Mahmoud |
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