Jacob Carlborg Wrote:

> On 2012-12-23 22:47, KÃ¥re Andersson wrote:
> > I read some comment on D on the need for a "killer application" to boost popularity.
> >
> > What about "inline D" in javascript (/php)?
> 
> You might want to take a look at this:
> 
> http://forum.dlang.org/thread/yfmgvgprfpiquakiyjlk@forum.dlang.org
> 
> -- 
> /Jacob Carlborg

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 Many thanks for the link. Although I found the discussion about "inline D", and many of the idéas there seemed very interesting, I must admit I have some problems to see exactly what it does. But I understand he is on a very interesting track with regard to a lot of the issues on my mind. I will dig into this and see what comes up.

  sincerely / Kåre

Or, if you really want client side javascript, try mixing emscripten en ldc. If you want a great server-side library, take a look at adam rupe's work.

On Monday, 24 December 2012 at 20:09:22 UTC, Kåre Andersson wrote:
> I must admit I have some problems to see exactly what it does.

What it does is take a D file in and spit out a javascript file. There's no speed boost from JS because it IS javascript on the output.

Adam D. Ruppe Wrote:

> On Monday, 24 December 2012 at 20:09:22 UTC, KÃ¥re Andersson wrote:
> > I must admit I have some problems to see exactly what it does.
> 
> What it does is take a D file in and spit out a javascript file. There's no speed boost from JS because it IS javascript on the output.

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Such a beautiful idea, and very useful. It looks like mr. Jacob Carlborg went ahead and read my thoughts with that link.

Firstly, I have always believed that for instance downloading someting, is an obstacle for someone who just wants to get a first grasp of a new programming language. They want to instantly and online do some tests and get a feeling before downloading something.

Secondly, and maybe it is the primary goal, it can be a good development tool, especially for functions, with the capacity of immediate demonstrations. Even a more advanced programmer wants to know exacly what a function/tool does before investing further energy examining it.

maarten van damme Wrote:

> Or, if you really want client side javascript, try mixing emscripten en ldc. If you want a great server-side library, take a look at adam rupe's work.

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Thankyou - then I probably misunderstood Adam Rupes post. If it takes compiled D and output JavaScript, the tool has other objectives then for demonstration.

On 2012-12-24 21:09, Kåre Andersson wrote:

>
>     ***
>   Many thanks for the link. Although I found the discussion about "inline D", and many of the id�as there seemed very interesting, I must admit I have some problems to see exactly what it does. But I understand he is on a very interesting track with regard to a lot of the issues on my mind. I will dig into this and see what comes up.
>
>    sincerely / K�re
>

There's also a project that converts LLVM IR to JavaScript that might be of interest.

https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/wiki

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

On Tuesday, 25 December 2012 at 07:28:18 UTC, Kåre Andersson wrote:


> Firstly, I have always believed that for instance downloading someting, is an obstacle for someone who just wants to get a first grasp of a new programming language. They want to instantly and online do some tests and get a feeling before downloading something.
>
> Secondly, and maybe it is the primary goal, it can be a good development tool, especially for functions, with the capacity of immediate demonstrations. Even a more advanced programmer wants to know exacly what a function/tool does before investing further energy examining it.

If you want to try out D code without downloading the compiler there's http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/

Jacob Carlborg Wrote:

> On 2012-12-24 21:09, KÃ¥re Andersson wrote:
> 
> >
> >     ***
> >   Many thanks for the link. Although I found the discussion about "inline D", and many of the id�as there seemed very interesting, I must admit I have some problems to see exactly what it does. But I understand he is on a very interesting track with regard to a lot of the issues on my mind. I will dig into this and see what comes up.
> >
> >    sincerely / K�re
> >
> 
> There's also a project that converts LLVM IR to JavaScript that might be of interest.
> 
> https://github.com/kripken/emscripten/wiki
> 
> -- 
> /Jacob Carlborg

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Very inspiring indeed, also from a demo-perspective. Almost hard to believe JavaScript can be made to do such havy duty stuff. I will se if I am able to add anything of worth to all this activity. First I have to learn D properly. Right now, I have only experience in other computer languages.

Marco Nembrini Wrote:

> On Tuesday, 25 December 2012 at 07:28:18 UTC, KÃ¥re Andersson wrote:
> 
> 
> > Firstly, I have always believed that for instance downloading someting, is an obstacle for someone who just wants to get a first grasp of a new programming language. They want to instantly and online do some tests and get a feeling before downloading something.
> >
> > Secondly, and maybe it is the primary goal, it can be a good development tool, especially for functions, with the capacity of immediate demonstrations. Even a more advanced programmer wants to know exacly what a function/tool does before investing further energy examining it.
> 
> If you want to try out D code without downloading the compiler there's http://dpaste.dzfl.pl/
> 
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Thankyou. Saw there were several compilers to choose among also, compared with a site like codepad.org, which is useful.