D Bits- Binding D to C Part Two January 31, 2012This is part two of a series on creating bindings to C libraries for the D programming language. In my previous post, I discussed the difference between dynamic and static bindings and some of the considerations to take into account when deciding which way to go. Here in part two,... […]
- Binding D to C January 8, 2012This is part one of a series on creating bindings to C libraries for the D programming language. This is a topic that has become near and dear to my heart. Derelict is the first, and only, open source project I've ever maintained. It's not a complicated thing. There's very little... […]
- Dolce and Da5teroids December 18, 2011So I've finally gotten started on some game code. In order to see if Dolce is actually useful or a waste of time, I decided to start by porting the A5teroids demo that ships with the Allegro 5 package. Here's what I've learned so far. First, the whole idea of Dolce as a framework on top of Allegro to allow an absolute minimum amount of startup […]
- Dolce Gets Some Love November 17, 2011Once the semester ended, I took a week to do nothing but play Dark Age of Camelot and get some much needed guitar practice in. Then I dove back in to the gym for some long overdue exercise. I also managed to pick up a few more private classes to fill some of the gaps in my schedule. Once I let off all that steam, I fired up... […]
- On My Job, and Some Big D News October 9, 2011Dolce is still very much alive, just getting little attention while I wrap up the second semester at the university. For anyone interested, I'm teaching in a special program where a local university here in Seoul is partnered with a university in America. The students do two semesters here in Korea before moving off to the States for three years. We... […]
- Binding D to C Part Two January 31, 2012
Monthly Archives: March 2007
Tango 0.96 Beta 2
The latest beta of Tango is out. Read the changelog or go straight to the download page. Those new to Tango might want to start from the beginning. Installation instructions are also available. Technorati Tags: D Programming Language, Tango
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DLang Group
If you understand Chinese, you might be interested in paying a visit to DLang. My Korean is far from perfect, but it’s a far sight better than my Chinese (anything is better than my Chinese — excluding, of course, Japanese). … Continue reading
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Self-Configuration of Classes With Delegates
Sometimes you need to execute different code paths depending upon certain runtime parameters. For example, in graphics applications it is quite common to create different rendering paths based upon the graphics API features supported by the user’s graphics card. In … Continue reading
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DMD 1.009
Skipping a public release of 1.008 (it was a “special build”), Walter has given us DMD 1.009. No new or changed features in this release — it’s all about bugs. Technorati Tags: D Programming Language, DMD, Digital Mars, Walter Bright
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dallegro 2.0 beta 4
In the late nineties when I got (a really late) start in toying around with game development, Allegro was the library I used for my experimentations. I once started work on a Java binding for it. Though I haven’t looked … Continue reading
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