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: July 2007
Pragma’s Blog
Shame on me for not mentioning this sooner, but if you follow the announcement NG or PlanetD, you will already know about Pragma’s new blog. If you have no idea who Pragma is, you can read more about him in … Continue reading
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DMD 1.020
The new extern(System) was broken in 1.019, so Walter has issued a new release that fixes it. Technorati Tags: D Programming Language, DMD, Digital Mars, Walter Bright
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DMD 1.019 and 2.003
Two new DMD releases, the stable 1.019 and the unstable 2.003. Both share a handful of bug fixes and and a couple of new features. One feature in particular is good news for me: extern(System). This is a concise and … Continue reading
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Arc 0.2
Clay Smith has announced version 0.2 of the Arc 2D game library. From the NG: 1) Basic GUI System (v.3 planned full fledged GUI system) 2) 2D Physics System with shapes Box and Circle (v.3 planned polygons) 3) 2D Scene-graph … Continue reading
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Tango 0.99
A new Tango release candidate is out the door. This release includes some great new additions: * Added clustering solution * Added stream abstractions to the IO layer * Added initial VFS implementation * Replaced tango.util.locks with tango.core.sync * Added … Continue reading
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