[OT]I throw in the towel

[Chris via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Wednesday, 25 June 2014 at 09:29:35 UTC, Orfeo wrote:
> I wanted to create a simple application to display and edit 
> data from  postgresql database using GtkD and ddb 
> (https://github.com/pszturmaj/ddb)
>
> The application should run on WinXp or Win7. After a week of 
> work I throw in the towel ...
>
> 1. The first problem
> $ dub build
>     Unexpected Termination OPTLINK at t = EIP 0040F5Ba
> After many attempts to find a solution 
> (http://forum.dlang.org/thread/gskuwiynupngpungybic@forum.dlang.org)
>
> $ dub build --rdmd
>
> After writing a bit of code another problem:
>
> $ dub build --rdmd
>   Error 45: Too Much Data for Old DEBUG CodeView format
>
> $ dub --build=release --rdmd
> C:\Documents and Settings\dao\Application 
> Data\dub\packages\gtk-d-2.3.3\src\gtk\Builder.d(489): Error: 
> ICE: cannot append 'char' to 'string'
>
> (see https://github.com/gtkd-developers/GtkD/issues/91 and 
> https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12243)
>
> I love D but, with tail between legs, I come back to csharp...
>
> (BTW on Linux it's works well)

That's why I think D needs its own GUI like Java Swing. You could 
however try PyD and use a Python UI (i.e. have D do the work and 
use a Python UI) or you try a solution with, say, Lua. Or 
anything that is based on C like Tk and IUP, if you don't mind 
writing the interfaces yourself. Cf.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IUP_%28software%29

See also

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_widget_toolkits#Based_on_C_.28including_bindings_to_other_languages.29