Eilmer4 - a Computational Fluid Dynamics code in D

[Peter Jacobs]

Eilmer is a simulation code for studying high-speed compressible 
flows.  Early versions were written in C and then C++.  Version 4 
is a complete rewrite in D, with Lua for configuration and 
run-time scripting.  Code and documentation may be found at 
http://cfcfd.mechmining.uq.edu.au/eilmer/

This note is principally to say thank you to all of the people 
who have made the D programming language and its ecosystem.  
Being mechanical engineers, we are occasional but serious 
programmers.  For a number of years, we struggled with C++ and a 
code base of growing complexity.  In 2014, we made a serious 
commitment to reworking the entire code into D. In mid-2017, the 
new code was complete enough for general use and it is currently 
being used in a fourth-year course on computational fluid 
dynamics.  The D programming language has enhanced our 
programming experience and, for that, we are grateful to the many 
people who have built the foundation upon which we build our flow 
simulation code.

Cheers,
Peter Jacobs and Rowan Gollan