DMD 1.022 and 2.005 releases

[Brad Roberts]

James Dennett wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> janderson wrote:
>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>> Don Clugston wrote:
>>>>> Thanks, Walter. Especially for bug fixes 1488 and 1125.
>>>> You're welcome.
>>>>
>>>>> I suspect the C++ interface stuff will have a big impact on winning
>>>>> over C++ developers.
>>>> It's a bit of a shot in the dark. I'm very curious to see how it will
>>>> work out.
>>> I think once this feature matures, another article highlighting the
>>> feature will go a long way to making them aware of the feature.  It
>>> will be interesting to see how/where people plug D into their C++ apps.
>>>
>>> -Joel
>> Another angle is that *no other language* provides any sort of hook into
>> C++.
> 
> Felix does (and has been around for roughly as long as D).  It was
> explicitly designed around C++ interoperability, and offers all
> sorts of goodies including extensible syntax, GC, functional
> capabilities and more.  But so far Felix has fewer than 100 users, and
> probably fewer than 50.  D must be doing something right.
> 
> -- James

It's my understanding that C# does as well, but I don't have any direct 
knowledge or experience with it.