[OT]I throw in the towel

[Chris via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Thursday, 26 June 2014 at 08:36:15 UTC, Chris wrote:
> 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

Maybe this could be of interest to you:

http://www.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/iup/