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

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/

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?

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