Lack of open source shown as negative part of D on Dr. Dobbs

[SomeDude]

On Saturday, 12 May 2012 at 18:25:33 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 5/9/2012 9:37 AM, Iain Buclaw wrote:
>> The procedure is 'get it done' approach.   Meld helps alot, 
>> not having
>> too many differences between the frontends helps alot, using 
>> the D2
>> testsuite at every stage of the process helps alot.
>
>
> I don't know what I'd do without meld these days. It's one of 
> the most useful programming tools to come down the pike in 
> years!
>
> There's a workalike on Windows called "winmerge" for those who 
> develop on Windows.

I don't know about meld, but I've found kdiff3 very good for 
3-way merge. Its merging algorithm is good and does most of the 
work.

A very good list of merging tools:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/572237/whats-the-best-three-way-merge-tool