• Sard (7/7) Aug 31 2006 Hello,
• Jarrett Billingsley (11/18) Aug 31 2006 There is a forum on www.dsource.org, but it's not very big at all.
• Bruno Medeiros (11/35) Sep 01 2006 For starters because it is a hierarchical thread system (as opposed to
• Walter Bright (4/17) Sep 11 2006 Another reason is that (for some reason!) it seems to be much more
• BCS (6/10) Sep 01 2006 emacs/vi, tom-ay-to/tom-ah-to
• Jarrett Billingsley (3/8) Sep 01 2006 Are you always such a prick?

Sard <sardaukary yahoo.co.uk> writes:

Hello,

After learning some C++ and finding too much strange behaviour I 
stumbled upon D and am doing my best to learn it too.

Is there a D forum somewhere that can be easily searched?  Why are you 
using the newsgroup format.

The question I have is does D use early binding by default like C++, or 
late binding like Java (which makes more sense)?

"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:

"Sard" <sardaukary yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:ed6j21$2ej1$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Hello,

 After learning some C++ and finding too much strange behaviour I stumbled 
 upon D and am doing my best to learn it too.

 Is there a D forum somewhere that can be easily searched?

There is a forum on www.dsource.org, but it's not very big at all.

 Why are you using the newsgroup format.

I ask myself the same question almost daily.  You can, however, search the 
newsgroup archives on www.digitalmars.com with google - they're not entirely 
up-to-date, but they're pretty close.

 The question I have is does D use early binding by default like C++, or 
 late binding like Java (which makes more sense)?

I'm about 85% sure it uses early binding, since it's a statically compiled 
program (i.e. classes are not loaded at runtime like in Java).  I agree that 
a late-bound architecture would certainly be more flexible, but I'm not sure 
what performance and design impacts it would have on the internals of the 
language. 

Bruno Medeiros <brunodomedeiros+spam com.gmail> writes:

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
 "Sard" <sardaukary yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
 news:ed6j21$2ej1$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Hello,

 After learning some C++ and finding too much strange behaviour I stumbled 
 upon D and am doing my best to learn it too.

 Is there a D forum somewhere that can be easily searched?

 
 There is a forum on www.dsource.org, but it's not very big at all.
 
 Why are you using the newsgroup format.

 
 I ask myself the same question almost daily.  

For starters because it is a hierarchical thread system (as opposed to 
flat threads), and also because it allows rich clients to be used.

 
 The question I have is does D use early binding by default like C++, or 
 late binding like Java (which makes more sense)?

 
 I'm about 85% sure it uses early binding, since it's a statically compiled 
 program (i.e. classes are not loaded at runtime like in Java).  I agree that 
 a late-bound architecture would certainly be more flexible, but I'm not sure 
 what performance and design impacts it would have on the internals of the 
 language. 
 

Late/early binding is usually mentioned in the context of method 
binding/calling, so as for that, D uses *late* binding by default (which 
are called virtual methods), and early binding as an option (non-virtual 
  or final methods).
I'm not sure Java's lazy loading of classes counts as late binding.

-- 
Bruno Medeiros - MSc in CS/E student
http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?BrunoMedeiros#D

Walter Bright <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

Bruno Medeiros wrote:
 Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
 "Sard" <sardaukary yahoo.co.uk> wrote in message 
 news:ed6j21$2ej1$1 digitaldaemon.com...
 Is there a D forum somewhere that can be easily searched?

 There is a forum on www.dsource.org, but it's not very big at all.

 Why are you using the newsgroup format.

 I ask myself the same question almost daily.  

 
 For starters because it is a hierarchical thread system (as opposed to 
 flat threads), and also because it allows rich clients to be used.

Another reason is that (for some reason!) it seems to be much more 
resistant to spamming robots, without needing registrations, captchas, 
and a constant arms race.

BCS <BCS pathlink.com> writes:

Sard wrote:
 
 Is there a D forum somewhere that can be easily searched?  Why are you 
 using the newsgroup format.
 


emacs/vi, tom-ay-to/tom-ah-to

I don't use forums at all. Without it, I would most likely not be nearly 
so interested in D. I have asked the same question (in revers) of d-source.

Is there a D-source /newsgroup/ somewhere that can be easily /read by a 
client/?  Why are you using the /forum/ format.

"Jarrett Billingsley" <kb3ctd2 yahoo.com> writes:

"BCS" <BCS pathlink.com> wrote in message 
news:ed9usj$2eb2$1 digitaldaemon.com...

 I don't use forums at all. Without it, I would most likely not be nearly 
 so interested in D. I have asked the same question (in revers) of 
 d-source.

 Is there a D-source /newsgroup/ somewhere that can be easily /read by a 
 client/?  Why are you using the /forum/ format.

Are you always such a prick?