d on heise

[johann via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 at 17:59:52 UTC, Chris wrote:
> On Wednesday, 4 November 2015 at 14:20:56 UTC, tester wrote:
>> http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Programmiersprache-D-Compiler-ist-jetzt-selbst-in-D-geschrieben-2869589.html
>>
>>
>> in essence:
>>
>> no killer feature and as interesting as brainfuck
>>
>> -> and they didn't know about the problems with windows after 
>> installation
>
> Here's my _quick_ translation of the article. There was one 
> passage that was a bit awkward in German (should never have 
> been published like that) so I didn't try to be "loyal" to the 
> original. Please, point out any mistakes I made, but don't 
> start splitting hairs :)
>
> Here's the text in English:
>
> Not only young programming languages like Go and Rust that are 
> frequently mentioned in the media are constantly evolving. D 
> that aims to challenge C++ has reached another milestone.
>
> With the advent of new systems programming languages like 
> Google’s Go and the Mozilla Foundation’s Rust the D Programming 
> Language got less media coverage, although many new features of 
> C++11 and C++14 had already been part and parcel of  D.
>
> Self-hosting D
>
> What’s worth mentioning now is that with the latest version 
> 2.069 [sic!] the D compiler DMD is now written in D. A new 
> feature like this is always an accolade for a programming 
> language and a sign of a certain maturity. In addition to this, 
> the standard library now features a module for memory 
> allocation. Apart from being able to call C and C++ functions 
> directly, Objective-C functions can now be accessed too. There 
> is mention of more than 160 bug fixes on Twitter.
>
> The fact the next DConf, the most important D developer 
> conference worldwide, will take place in Berlin adds some local 
> flavor [the article was written in German]. The dates are 4.-6. 
> May 2016. The call for papers has already started. D developers 
> can send in papers until the 26. February.
>
> D in four sentences
>
> Shortly after the C++98 standard had been published in 1999, 
> the inventor of D, Walter Bright, set out to develop a new 
> object-oriented, imperative programming language that borrowed 
> heavily from C++. In the following years, he and other 
> developers were also inspired by Java and C#, but also by 
> languages like Ruby and Python. In January 2007, Bright 
> presented version 1.0, which an older article on heise 
> Developer[1] refers to. From 2007 till 2010 the developers 
> worked on version 2.x.
>
> [1] 
> http://www.heise.de/developer/artikel/D-die-neue-Programmiersprache-mit-C-Wurzeln-227070.html

that's neat, but you forget the discussion gives some negative 
picture except for the few D guys from this forum?? that hold 
against it.