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: May 2009
D.NET Source Released
Cristi Vlasceanu has released the source to the D.NET compiler backend under the Microsoft Public License, with the qualifier that the code “is not of production quality” and “is intended for research and educational purposes.”
DMD 1.045 & 2.030
These were intended to be prerelease versions of DMD, but Walter posted the changelog and then the cat got let out of the bag in the newsgroup before he was ready. So, they are now, reluctantly, officially released. DMD 1.045 … Continue reading
RuDy at Euruko
Tomasz Stachewicz is presenting RuDy, his project allowing Ruby extensions to be written in D, at this year’s Euruko over the coming weekend. He has a blog post up about the talk and his work on RuDy so far, for … Continue reading
Monster 0.12
Version 0.12 of the Monster game scripting language has been released. This version is packed with new features. There’s a light version of the changelog for those just interested in an overview, and a meatier version for those who want … Continue reading