Dlang is C (pretty much)

Vladimir Panteleev thecybershadow.lists at gmail.com
Fri Dec 18 11:15:41 UTC 2020


On Friday, 18 December 2020 at 08:38:19 UTC, RSY wrote:
>> Hooray! That is indeed the goal of investing in C/C++ 
>> compatibility. It's
>> meant to be an enabler, and it's nice to be aware of anecdotal 
>> cases where
>> that occurs.
>> It's often exclusively seen as using existing C stuff in your 
>> D apps, but
>> it's also the case that you can use D in gaps where C/C++ 
>> could only fit
>> previously (like your python extensions), the number of such 
>> use cases is
>> innumerable.
>> To be fair, most languages have some form of extern(C), but we 
>> have done a
>> good job to make sure it's really useful and (mostly) easy.
>
> That is very true, i myself use lot of C libraries because C 
> ecosystem is huge
>
> The only problem thought is it's not as easy and transparent as 
> it could be: https://github.com/ldc-developers/ldc/issues/3627

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