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Programming in D: Tutorial and Reference

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111 points teleforce | 2 comments | 25 Apr 25 20:06 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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shoozza ◴[26 Apr 25 00:08 UTC] No.43799700[source]▶
Slightly off topic: Is D a good language for creating tiny windows or Linux executables? There is an upcoming game jam (4mb jam 2025) which gives extra points for game submissions <= 8KB. With c you can fit a window with graphics update in an executable of less than 900 bytes[0]. Granted it's using crinkler for linking which does some compression.

0: https://gist.github.com/ske2004/336d8cce8cd9db59d61ceb13c1ed...

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monkeyelite ◴[26 Apr 25 01:54 UTC] No.43800232[source]▶
Yes. Just use the “better C” mode
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mariusor ◴[26 Apr 25 09:25 UTC] No.43802106[source]▶
... which is not D any more though.
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1. WhereIsTheTruth ◴[26 Apr 25 10:09 UTC] No.43802314[source]▶
It's like saying "C is no longer C if you don't link with libc", it just is not true at all, and honestly, a pretty stupid thing to say
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2. mariusor ◴[26 Apr 25 11:45 UTC] No.43802753[source]▶
Instead of being an ass, maybe you can take the time to educate me why you think I'm wrong?

I think that at least the garbage collection not being available qualifies my statement as somewhat being true. For game development, as it's closer to what grand-parent asked, classes not being usable would also be an issue...