D and the world

[Tomas Lindquist Olsen]

NN wrote:

> janderson Wrote:
> 
> D gets popularity but not enough.
> IMHO the main factor is the connection with other languages.
> The only connection D has is via C interface which is not enough.
> 
> I think D should support COM and C API in a simple way.
> Even by native language support.
> 
> This is need because D standard library is rare, but with simple COM
> support, for example, D can use many Windows objects.
> 

D supports COM and interfaces with C just fine.

> What about porting Boost.Python for D as starting point ?
> Thus Python can easily be connected to D program and this can increase
> language usage.

There is already PyD which is probably going to kick Boost.Python's ass when
it matures.

> 
> And of course DMD should be replaced by GDC , because 2 compilers do
> porting problem. GDC has a big advantage because the back end is same for
> GCC so it can get all optimizations automatically.