Origins of the D Programming Language

[Tony]

On Saturday, 1 December 2018 at 03:43:26 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> On Saturday, 1 December 2018 at 03:25:49 UTC, Tony wrote:
>> "This interest materialized into a C compiler, followed by 
>> compilers for C++, Java, and Javascript."
>>
>> I remember a previous comment by Walter about having done a 
>> Java compiler but discovering that no one wanted it. But this 
>> was before OpenJDK; did the compiler come with the Java 
>> standard class library of the day?
>
> Seems like it:
>
> http://www.drdobbs.com/symantecs-cafe/184415536

Thanks. I misunderstood. I thought it was Java source code 
compiled to object-code then linked to an executable.