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
Derelict Tango Fixes
Thanks to a patch from larsivi, Derelict‘s build script now works 100% with Tango. There are a few caveats, though. You can’t execute it as a script and will have to compile it first. Compiling it with Bud fails (at … Continue reading
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Derelict Problems with DMD 1.018
DerelictAL/GL/GLU/IL/ILU/ILUT all have one thing in common: the functions they bind to on the C side have the __stdcall calling convention on Windows and the regular C calling convention on other platforms. As a result, the function pointers in D … Continue reading
Derelict Updated for DMD 1.018
All Derelict modules are now once again compilable with DMD 1.018. Technorati Tags: D Programming Language, DMD, Derelict
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DMD 1.018 and 2.002
Walter has released new versions of DMD 1.0 (1.018) and the 2.0 alpha series (2.002). Both contain a massive number of bug fixes. There’s also a name change for the phobos library on Linux in 2.002, from libphobos.a to libphobos2.a. … Continue reading
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