[Semi-OT] I don't want to leave this language!

[e-y-e via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Monday, 5 December 2016 at 20:25:00 UTC, Ilya Yaroshenko wrote:
> Hi e-y-e,
>
> The main problem with D for production is its runtime. GC, 
> DRuntime, Phobos is big constraint for real world software 
> production.
>
> Good D code should be nothrow, @nogc, and betterC. BetterC 
> means that it must not require DRuntime to link and to start. I 
> started Mir as scientific/numeric project, but it is going to 
> be a replacement for Phobos to use D instead/with of C/C++.
>
> For example, Mir CPUID, Mir GLAS, Mir Random are nothrow @nogc 
> and do not need DRuntime to start/link. (Mir Random is not 
> tested for BetterC, so maybe few dependencies are exist.) Mir 
> Random covers C++11 random number generation for example.
>
> If D code can be compiled into a common C libraries like Mir 
> libs, than you can include it into existing ecosystem. 
> Currently it is possible only with LDC (requires some 
> programming techniques for now).
>
> I will be happy to see more Mir contributors [1]
>
> Currently there are 5 Mir devs (not all are visible publicly).
>
> [1] https://github.com/libmir
>
> Cheers,
> Ilya

You know from the 15th December I will have a month of free time, 
and I would love to get myself up to speed with Mir to contribute 
to it. If you don't mind me saying, I think Mir could be one of 
the best things for the future of D (along with LDC) and I'd be 
glad to help it on its way.