companies actively using D (e.g. Mercedes Benz research)

On 3/7/22 12:45, David wrote: > does Mercedes Benz Research Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America is a subsidiary of Mercedes-Benz AG. We started using D in a joint project with Bosch for autonomous driving. It is public information that now both companies pursue their autonomous driving projects with different partners. We at Mercedes-Benz still use and develop the same tools written in D. I can't know whether Bosch is doing the same. > (heavily) rely on D? C++ seems to be the predominant programming language used in autonomous driving for various reasons: It is certified for safety critical applications, there are commonly used matrix libraries, and autonomous driving experts who are experienced in C++ are many. Python is another major language and there is some interest in Rust within the developers. Although tools written in D have been used daily at times by hundreds of developers, I still can't say that we "rely heavily" on D. It's because all existing tools could have been written in any other language with various compromises. I am fortunate and very happy to still develop in D and write programs that are appreciated by our developers. :) Ali

March 07, 2022

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On Monday, 7 March 2022 at 20:45:13 UTC, David wrote:

I am wondering which companies still use D actively? For example, does Mercedes Benz Research (heavily) rely on D? I am aware of the page https://dlang.org/orgs-using-d.html but I am not sure how active these companies still are in using D. E.g. Netflix's Vectorflow has not been updated for nearly 2 years.
Thanks David

Based on Quarterly meeting info:

Industry Reps & Contributors

Iain Buclaw for GDC
Mario Kröplin for Funkwerk
Mathias Lang for ZeroOne (formerly known as BPFKorea)
Adam D. Ruppe as a Contributor
Robert Schadek for Symmetry Investments
Joseph Rushton Wakeling for Frequenz

I think at least these companies (Symmetry, FunkWerk, ZeroOne, Frequenz)

One more is Putao from China or someone there, who is investing time to Hunt-framework development

Also if I’m not wrong author of Vibe.d wrote that they using D in closed source business solution.

Several small start-ups/companies as well.

On Saturday, 12 March 2022 at 23:31:55 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:

On Saturday, 12 March 2022 at 20:26:28 UTC, 0xEAB wrote:

On Monday, 7 March 2022 at 20:45:13 UTC, David wrote:

I am aware of the page https://dlang.org/orgs-using-d.html

There’re companies actively using D not listed there, too.
just sayin’ :D

Such companies can click on the “Improve this page” link, make a PR and get their logo on there. It’s almost as easy as editing a wiki page.
Just sayin’ :-D

— Bastiaan.

It seems likely to me most D programmers don't interact at all with the forums, nor the community (like with any other programming language). Asking on these forums who is using D in the vast world is going to get biased by the few that peruse the official forums.

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