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D Programming Language

"It seems to me that most of the "new" programming languages fall into one of two categories: Those from academia with radical new paradigms and those from large corporations with a focus on RAD and the web. Maybe it's time for a new language born out of practical experience implementing compilers." -- Michael
"Great, just what I need.. another D in programming." -- Segfault

This is the reference document for the D programming language. D was conceived in December 1999 by Walter Bright as a reengineering of C and C++, and has grown and evolved with helpful suggestions and critiques by friends and colleagues.

Check out the quick comparison of D with C, C++, C# and Java.

The D newsgroup in news.digitalmars.com server is where discussions of this should go. Suggestions, criticism, kudos, flames, etc., are all welcome there. Alternatively, try the D forum. There also may be a local D user group in your community (or you can start one!).

Download the current version of the compiler for Win32 and x86 Linux and try it out.

David Friedman has integrated the D frontend with GCC.

Alternate versions of this document: "D Language Perfect Guide"

Walter's SDWest 2004 presentation on D.

Do you feel the need for speed?

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