D Bits- Setting Thread Affinity on Windows in D April 3, 2012When working with D's standard library, it is sometimes necessary to work around missing declarations in the core.sys.windows.windows module. It's a fairly big module as is, but it isn't all-inclusive. If you are doing any heavy-duty Windows development, you'll likely want a... […]
- Putting D's Array Slices to Use March 8, 2012I've been working on BorderWatch a little bit every day. My focus has been on getting the ASCII engine, Arthur, into a state that will let me get a game up and running. With the few modules that I've implemented so far, I believe I'm there. One of the D features that has... […]
- BorderWatch March 5, 2012I'm afraid I'm going to be waving goodbye to Dolce. It's been sitting, bit rotting, for a while now. Some time ago I encountered two major issues with my Allegro binding in Derelict 2. One, a random (and I mean... […]
- Compiling Data into a D Executable March 3, 2012I'm supposed to be posting part three of my series on binding D to C. It's going to be boring to write, so I keep putting it off. But I *will* get to it eventually. In the meantime, I wanted to blog about a neat feature of D that I'd sort of forgotten about until I needed it. I'm working on an ASCII-based strategy/simulation game in the.. […]
- 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,... […]
- Setting Thread Affinity on Windows in D April 3, 2012
Monthly Archives: May 2007
DMD To Be Forked
Since the 1.0 release, there has been much pleading, begging and griping from D users regarding the desire to see stable and unstable branches of DMD. Today, the stars have aligned and the seas have parted. Walter has made known … Continue reading
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Making the Move to D
When I first started following D, it was out of curiosity. When I started Derelict (which turned 3 years old last Friday, by the way — Happy Birthday, Derelict!), I did so with the goal of one day using it … Continue reading
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openquran
Aziz Kerim has created an interesting project: openquran. This tool, written in D of course, is designed to aid you in quickly referencing verses of the Qur’an. Pass the numbers of the versions you’re interested in on the command line … Continue reading
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Derelict Gets Support For ODE
Some time ago, William DeVore put together a Derelictified binding to the Open Dynamics Engine library and submitted it to me for inclusion in the Derelict trunk. I’m happy to announce that I have finally gotten around to putting it … Continue reading
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