Is there a D in Microsoft?

[Jesse Phillips]

On Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:22:10 +0000, DBloke wrote:

> Walter have you done a deal with the Devil :)
> 
> Microsoft Liked D so much they decided to name their next generation
> Programming Language after it.
> 
> Check out the link below.
> 
> http://redmondmag.com/news/article.asp?editorialsid=9514
> 
> In case anyone is wondering why I would be reading this in the first
> place, I was tipped off a few days ago by a colleague who asked me if
> Walter had sold D to Microsoft, but I could not find this story until
> now.
> 
> Is D protected in some way against this?
> 
> DBloke

There was also this post which has more details about the language.
http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=1159