Is D ready for production?

Frank Benoit keinfarbton at googlemail.com
Wed Nov 5 11:56:25 PST 2008


David Ferenczi schrieb:
> My next project woud be a cross-paltform application (Linux and Windows)
> with intensive database and GUI usage.
> 
> My preferred language would be D, but there are no QT bindings for D, and 
> my preference for the whole GUI and database handling would be QT.
> 
> What is your experience with GUI and database libraries in D? Could you use
> them effectively for production?
> 
> Another issue with D, that there is no compiler, which complies with the D
> language standard. I work on a small freetime project in D, where the
> libraries are not an issue, since I need only Phobos, but I'm steadily
> struggling with compiler issues, and imperfect tooling. (I tend to use the
> killer features of D, but I often have to face with workarounds,
> segmentation faults, etc.) 
> 
> What do you recommend? Should I go for Java + QT? Or try to get over the
> issues of D? Could you effectively manage the above problems of D?
> 
> Thanks,
> David

If you want QT, but it does not exist and you don't want to create it
for D... then it is simple => you can't use D.
If you can use D1+Tango+DWT+DDBI instead for your project => use D.
IMHO.



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