DMD 0.177 release

[Alexander Panek]

Ivan Senji wrote:
> Alexander Panek wrote:
>> Ivan Senji wrote:
>>> Boris Kolar wrote:
>>>> PS: I really appreciate all the work that has been put in D. D is going
>>>> to be a much needed successor of C++. I don't see D as competitor to
>>>> Java or C# (I think that when using .NET or JVM is an option, D would
>>>> be a terrible choice), but it sure can rock the non-VM world!
>>>
>>> Why not? I think that D could rock the .NET world too. I always wished
>>> (and still do) for a d.net implementation.
>>
>> ..NET is not the solution for all problems. 
> 
> Naturally. That is why we are here (using D).

Exacteley!

> 
>> There will be other library approaches that maybe even perform better 
>> and use features of D that make it like .NET on steroids. I bet after 
>> some time of an official, fixed D 1.0 specification, there will some 
>> libraries pop up that may serve needs like .NET or J2EE and what not 
>> do, also.
> 
> I sure hope so.
> What I was trying to say programming in .NET is sometimes required and 
> in those cases i would prefer D rather than C# or (even worse) VB.
> 

Are you, actually, talking about a D -> MSIL compiler, so it can be run 
inside the VM and a .NET implementation in D, for that purpose? Or do 
you mean something /similar/ to C# + .NET? If so, I agree. Something 
like that has to be in D. :) I hope this will pop up

>>
>> Apart from that.. hey, you're posting this in the official D newsgroup 
>> ;) .
> 
> Is that a problem? :)

Of course not. Was just a side-kick regarding your "I want .NET in D" 
statement :) .

Kind regards,
Alex