D and the world

[NN]

Frits van Bommel Wrote:

> NN wrote:
> > janderson Wrote:
> > 
> > D gets popularity but not enough.
> > IMHO the main factor is the connection with other languages.
> > The only connection D has is via C interface which is not enough.
> 
> AFAIK pretty much every programming language "speaks" C. It's basically 
> the lingua franca of the programming world.
It is but still there is much C++.

> 
> > I think D should support COM and C API in a simple way.
> > Even by native language support.
> > 
> > This is need because D standard library is rare, but with simple COM support, for example, D can use many Windows objects.
> 
> Are you aware of the last section of 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/interface.html ?
Yes, but it doesn't helps too much.
How the proxy-stub generated ?
VC supports #import which simplifies your life a lot, can D do the same ?

What happens if the interface in the top isn't derived from IUnknown:
interface A { . .}
interface B : A, IUnknown { .. }


> 
> > What about porting Boost.Python for D as starting point ?
> > Thus Python can easily be connected to D program and this can increase language usage.
> 
> http://dsource.org/projects/pyd ?
+1
Nice, didn't know about it :)
Anyway it is a good starting point but not the end.


> 
> > And of course DMD should be replaced by GDC , because 2 compilers do porting problem.
> > GDC has a big advantage because the back end is same for GCC so it can get all optimizations automatically.
> 
> Having multiple implementations is a good thing. Some people (and 
> companies) have a preference for open-source or commercial software. 
> Some might also be hesitant to use a language with only a single 
> compiler available.
> A show-stopping bug in one compiler might also be worked around by 
> switching compilers.