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
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D Bits
I’m ramping up to get back into the game development thing again. I’m going to make my gazillionth attempt to crank out that game that I’ve been working on in one form or another for years but haven’t yet finished. … Continue reading
Rewriting Optlink
Walter is in the process of translating the venerable, and sometimes cranky, optlink from assembler to C. The process has already led to one bugfix in the version shipped with the latest DMD releases. And now, he has a blog … 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
News Roundup
Finally, I have the time to sit down and knock up a post with a number of D news items I’ve failed to report over the past couple of weeks. If you’ve made an announcement in the NG or elsewhere … Continue reading
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Bartosz on Multithreading D
Bartosz Milewski has a blog post up on the concepts underlying the design of D’s new multitheading paradigm. It’s a great read for those wondering where D2 is going, particularly if you’ve seen all the hubub over pure, immutable, const, … Continue reading