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
Tango Graphics Package
From my newsgroup announcement: Dear D community Tango is going visual! Headless visual! Withthe addition of a general purpose 2D graphics package, Tango users willbe able to generate 2D images on the fly for use in a variety ofapplications, on … Continue reading
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FastCGI4D 0.9 Alpha
Matthias Walter has announced the first alpha release of FastCGI4D. It is built with Tango and has not yet been tested on Windows. He’s looking for people to put it to use and give him some feedback. If you need … Continue reading
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Derelict Fixes for DMD 1.018 Compatibility
I’ve just made a large commit to the Derelict trunk. DerelictGL/GLU/IL/ILU/ILUT should all be working fine now with DMD 1.018. However, the fix uses string mixins, so Derelict is no longer compatible with older versions of DMD. I believe the … Continue reading
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Ooops! That’s Not a Feature!
In a recent post, I described a problem with DMD 1.018 and Derelict. I assumed it was a bug with the new compiler. As it turns out, the old behavior was a bug and the compiler is now working as … Continue reading
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