D language as script through JVM

[Thiez]

On Thursday, 16 August 2012 at 00:48:44 UTC, Alexey Egorov wrote:
> I think there is no problems to make, for example, compiler for 
> Java Virtual Machine.

Think again. Like Java, the JVM does not have pointer arithmetic, 
which means there is no straightforward way to write a 
D-to-JVM-bytecode compiler.

> I know, you will say what D designed for run-time, as 
> alternative to C++, but there is no problem to kill both 
> rabbits - make it good alternative for Python, Lua, Java, C#, 
> etc.

I don't think D has any chance of replacing Lua at this point. 
Lua can be used in combination with other languages very easily.