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: December 2008
GDC Needs You
larsivi has put out a call for action. The future of GDC is looking bleak, making it likely that maintaining support for the compiler in Tango will become more and more difficult. As larsivi says: If you want to avoid … Continue reading
DMD 1.038 and 2.022
DMD 1.038 adds partial IFTI to D1. DMD 2.022 now semantically checks pure and nothrow functions. Bugfixes for both. The usual reminder for newcomers: DMD 2.x is an experimental, constantly changing version of the D compiler. The stable 1.x branch … Continue reading
Walter Tweets
I signed up for Twitter a while back when some other D-folk did, but fell out of it after a short time. It seems several other D types have signed up now, including D’s daddy. If you are a D … Continue reading
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MiniD 2 Tentative RC1
Jarrett has announced a “tentative” release candidate of MiniD 2. He’s been at work on it for quite a while and has implemented several features and changes over MiniD 1. He had quite a lot to say about it in … Continue reading
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