Python vs D [ was Re: Bartosz about Chapel ]

[Johannes Pfau]

Danni Coy wrote:
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>> Now to Paulo's point, one of those packages will be the killer app
>> that causes D to go wildly successful. Will it be a web framework
>> like Rails or CGI? Perhaps. But it could be something else. Here's
>> my wish:
>>    - a replacement for X11 on ARM processors running embedded linux
>>    - a fully functional windowing library using native D that rides
>> on top of it and that is easy to configure, build and install
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>Isn't that more or less what Wayland is (minus the D bit)?
>I am pretty sure that Qt,Gtk and there respective D bindings will run
>on top of it.
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Yes, that's basically wayland, although the situation on embedded socs
is a little crappy. Wayland needs the new DRM graphics driver
architecture, but almost all embedded systems still use simple
framebuffers + custom extensions for acceleration. TI and Samsung are
currently developing DRM drivers for OMAP4 and Tegra though.

BTW: Wayland is meant to be a library, the current display server is
only the reference implementation. If you wanted, you could write
bindings for the wayland library and write a display server in D.
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Johannes Pfau