digitalmars.D.announce - Facebook is using D in production starting today
- Andrei Alexandrescu (6/6) Oct 10 2013 Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's
- Matt Soucy (9/18) Oct 10 2013 ss.
- Adam D. Ruppe (3/5) Oct 10 2013 When it happens, post it here plz.
- Joseph Cassman (9/17) Oct 10 2013 Pretty cool. Look forward to the blog post.
- Joseph Rushton Wakeling (3/10) Oct 10 2013 Congratulations! This is wonderful news.
- Nick Sabalausky (3/13) Oct 10 2013 Awesome! Great bragging rights for D :)
- Walter Bright (3/4) Oct 10 2013 It's the first battle signaling the end of Middle Earth, and the rise of...
- Paolo Invernizzi (4/9) Oct 10 2013 ;-P
- Joseph Rushton Wakeling (5/8) Oct 11 2013 Hmmm, dodgy metaphor. The departure of the ringbearers heralds
- Walter Bright (2/3) Oct 11 2013 Forgive me, I read LOTR over 40 years ago!
- Todor (3/8) Oct 12 2013 They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard!
- Joseph Rushton Wakeling (5/13) Oct 17 2013 Actually, I think this development is akin to the March of the
- Elvis Zhou (1/1) Oct 10 2013 Congratulations!!
- Jesse Phillips (5/13) Oct 10 2013 This is fantastic news! And also the time when having an upvote
- simendsjo (2/18) Oct 11 2013 It's on HN too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6532322
- Adam Wilson (10/17) Oct 10 2013 It's been a long road getting here. But congratulations to the D communi...
- Dmitry Olshansky (4/10) Oct 11 2013 --
- Jacob Carlborg (4/9) Oct 11 2013 That's great news!
- PauloPinto (3/11) Oct 11 2013 Congratulations!
- simendsjo (4/12) Oct 11 2013 Really exciting news. Endorsement from a big player is probably
- Max Samukha (4/12) Oct 11 2013 Nice! No more "Go (Rust, C#...) gets any attention only because
- Adam D. Ruppe (4/6) Oct 11 2013 Worth remembering that being use on a small, easily replaceable,
- Max Samukha (3/6) Oct 11 2013 I think people started bashing Go for its association with Google
- Jonathan M Davis (3/9) Oct 11 2013 This is definitely cool.
- Elvis Zhou (3/11) Oct 11 2013 Exciting news that makes me want to work for Facebook!!
- Manu (2/9) Oct 11 2013
- Dicebot (3/11) Oct 11 2013 I must be sleeping and dreaming :)
- Gary Willoughby (3/11) Oct 11 2013 Congratulations, this is awesome news!
- Maxim Fomin (22/30) Oct 11 2013 I opened Facebook today and haven't noticed speed increase :) If
- Jack Denny (2/35) Oct 11 2013 Wow! Pee on the parade why don't ya...
- Masahiro Nakagawa (3/11) Oct 11 2013 Awesome news! Cooool!
- Szymon Gatner (3/5) Oct 11 2013 Please do!
- Simen Kjaeraas (5/6) Oct 11 2013 I'm Simen Kj=C3=A6r=C3=A5s, and I approve of this message.
- Nick Sabalausky (6/14) Oct 11 2013 That would rock my world. "Facebook is written in PHP!" seems
- Max Samukha (2/8) Oct 11 2013 ...and replace it with another appeal to authority? :)
- Adam D. Ruppe (2/3) Oct 11 2013 It is never fallacious to agree with me! :-P
- Nick Sabalausky (5/16) Oct 11 2013 I'll take an appeal to authority that *doesn't* involve a
- John Dubchak (5/13) Oct 11 2013 Congratulations Andrei! That's great to hear and I look forward
- bioinfornatics (6/14) Oct 11 2013 Congratulation Andrei for your awesome work. D lang will be more
- MattCoder (9/11) Oct 11 2013 Despite the fact that having a big company using D language is a
- eris (7/15) Oct 11 2013 Andrei,
- brad clawsie (4/4) Oct 11 2013 this is fantastic news. I've been reading your book and lurking
- Vladimir Panteleev (2/5) Oct 11 2013 By the way, you don't need to register to post here :)
- =?UTF-8?B?QWxpIMOHZWhyZWxp?= (4/9) Oct 11 2013 And you don't even need to be here. :) I use Thunderbird for these
- Mark Isaacson (3/11) Oct 11 2013 Looking forward to coming back :). Well done!
- Adam D. Ruppe (3/3) Oct 11 2013 Wow, the reddit thing is going absolutely nuts. I wish reddit's
- Tourist (7/10) Oct 12 2013 Agree.
- Kapps (4/7) Oct 12 2013 Reddit Enhancement Suite makes things much nicer, and having a
- Tourist (2/9) Oct 12 2013 Too bloated for my taste.
- growler (31/39) Oct 11 2013 Congratulations! Thanks Andrei for pushing hard a Facebook and
- erik (2/2) Oct 11 2013 Will we get to hear more about this at C++ and Beyond and maybe a
- Andrei Alexandrescu (3/5) Oct 11 2013 That event is entirely dedicated to C++.
- Net (4/12) Oct 11 2013 It's fantastic. I think that every new project that they are
- Ilya Yaroshenko (1/1) Oct 13 2013 Congratulations!!!
- "Per =?UTF-8?B?Tm9yZGzDtnci?= <per.nordlow gmail.com> (6/14) Oct 14 2013 Fantastic!
- Jarrett Tierney (4/12) Oct 14 2013 Congratulations! Glad to hear everything panned out! Glad to see
- Pedro Rodrigues (4/12) Oct 16 2013 This is nice to know. Any estimate on when is that blog post
- Andrei Alexandrescu (6/18) Oct 16 2013 Not yet. I'm scrambling to hit the proverbial iron while it's hot, and
- Gary Willoughby (3/5) Nov 18 2013 Any more news on this Andrei?
- Andrei Alexandrescu (3/7) Nov 18 2013 Not yet. I'm the bottleneck here - must find the time to work on that.
- Rune Christensen (6/17) Dec 18 2014 Are you still using D in production? Are you using it more than
- FrankLike (6/25) Dec 22 2014 D is useful ,now I use the
- Stefan Koch (2/6) Dec 22 2014 Do you work for Facebook ?
- Andrei Alexandrescu (2/14) Dec 27 2014 Yes, and a bit. -- Andrei
- FrankLike (3/23) Dec 28 2014 You should a lot ,why only a bit?
- Animesh (5/13) Jun 02 2016 Really Cool, I have been using D as a hobby but this is a good
- Steven Schveighoffer (3/16) Jun 03 2016 Note to viewers: the OP is almost 3 years old.
- Meta (4/12) Jun 03 2016 Since this thread has been brought back to life anyway, does
- Bauss (2/18) Jun 04 2016 Most likely, I mean why would they start to discard it?
- Laeeth Isharc (3/19) Jun 05 2016 Spoke quite recently to a chap still there and he said yes, they
Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. Andrei
Oct 10 2013
On 10/10/2013 08:36 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in al=lof source code size, build speed, and running speed. =20 In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the proce=ss.=20 =20 AndreiCongratulations! This is fantastic, I was wondering when there would be some official announcement, after your AMA. I look forward to reading the blog post. --=20 Matt Soucy http://msoucy.me/
Oct 10 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process.When it happens, post it here plz.
Oct 10 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiPretty cool. Look forward to the blog post. It looks like the call to arms you made at DConf this year to focus on quality and professionalism are paying off. In particular, I've noticed the speed with which bugs are being handled has improved recently. Lots of good stuff. Congratulations on your work. Joseph
Oct 10 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process.Congratulations! This is wonderful news.
Oct 10 2013
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:36:17 -0700 Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiAwesome! Great bragging rights for D :)
Oct 10 2013
On 10/10/2013 10:05 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:Awesome! Great bragging rights for D :)It's the first battle signaling the end of Middle Earth, and the rise of the Age of D. The old guard will be sailing to the Grey Havens soon.
Oct 10 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 05:11:49 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:On 10/10/2013 10:05 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:;-P -- PaoloAwesome! Great bragging rights for D :)It's the first battle signaling the end of Middle Earth, and the rise of the Age of D. The old guard will be sailing to the Grey Havens soon.
Oct 10 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 05:11:49 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:It's the first battle signaling the end of Middle Earth, and the rise of the Age of D. The old guard will be sailing to the Grey Havens soon.Hmmm, dodgy metaphor. The departure of the ringbearers heralds the new age, but it's the one in which all the beautiful magical things of Middle Earth will fade away and be lost ... :-P (Can you tell who re-read LOTR recently?:-)
Oct 11 2013
On 10/11/2013 5:19 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:(Can you tell who re-read LOTR recently?:-)Forgive me, I read LOTR over 40 years ago!
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 05:11:49 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:On 10/10/2013 10:05 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard! *dodges*Awesome! Great bragging rights for D :)It's the first battle signaling the end of Middle Earth, and the rise of the Age of D. The old guard will be sailing to the Grey Havens soon.
Oct 12 2013
On Saturday, 12 October 2013 at 12:08:03 UTC, Todor wrote:On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 05:11:49 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:Actually, I think this development is akin to the March of the Ents. They spend a long time thinking and are slow to rouse ... but when they are roused ... :-P https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5YwMpSN6CUOn 10/10/2013 10:05 PM, Nick Sabalausky wrote:They're taking the Hobbits to Isengard!Awesome! Great bragging rights for D :)It's the first battle signaling the end of Middle Earth, and the rise of the Age of D. The old guard will be sailing to the Grey Havens soon.
Oct 17 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiThis is fantastic news! And also the time when having an upvote button would be awesome. They can be placed here though: http://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/1o6p55/first_d_language_commit_at_facebook/
Oct 10 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 05:19:48 UTC, Jesse Phillips wrote:On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:It's on HN too: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6532322Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiThis is fantastic news! And also the time when having an upvote button would be awesome. They can be placed here though: http://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/1o6p55/first_d_language_commit_at_facebook/
Oct 11 2013
On Thu, 10 Oct 2013 17:36:17 -0700, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiIt's been a long road getting here. But congratulations to the D community and Facebook. Looking forward to the blog post. :-) -- Adam Wilson IRC: LightBender Project Coordinator The Horizon Project http://www.thehorizonproject.org/
Oct 10 2013
11-Oct-2013 04:36, Andrei Alexandrescu пишет:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed.This is Awesome!In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. Andrei-- Dmitry Olshansky
Oct 11 2013
On 2013-10-11 02:36, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process.That's great news! -- /Jacob Carlborg
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiCongratulations!
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiReally exciting news. Endorsement from a big player is probably the first step in getting D mainstream. Great work!
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. Andreiit is backed by a big name".
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 08:16:12 UTC, Max Samukha wrote:it is backed by a big name".Worth remembering that being use on a small, easily replaceable, scale is a far cry from backing. They've just dipped their toes in the water.
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 12:44:04 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:Worth remembering that being use on a small, easily replaceable, scale is a far cry from backing. They've just dipped their toes in the water.I think people started bashing Go for its association with Google long before it got to production.
Oct 11 2013
On Thursday, October 10, 2013 17:36:17 Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process.This is definitely cool. - Jonathan M Davis
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiExciting news that makes me want to work for Facebook!!
Oct 11 2013
[image: Inline images 1] On 11 October 2013 10:36, Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.orgwrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. Andrei
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiI must be sleeping and dreaming :)
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiCongratulations, this is awesome news!
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed.I opened Facebook today and haven't noticed speed increase :) If I see, will attribute it to hard dmd working :)In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiSorry for being skeptic, but after so many years of D advertising are you sure that 5112 lines in Facebook code is a proof of D rise or a quality? In recent years (may be I am biased here) I have very poor signals of D engaging into mainstream - from language popularuty indexes (which are criticized for not showing real state of things), IT forums or watching in which lang are some projects written. Aside from speaking whether 5112 lines of code is really a good sign, there is separate issue regarding quality. When you will Java) "supports feature X", that really means that the feature is supported. In D this for sure means that the feature is either broken or misdesigned (shared libraries, routine code breakages, obsolete ms32 object format, AA arrays, shared, const postblits, odd template crosstalk bugs, type system holes, segfaulting lambdas, unstable stdlib, absent of third-party libraries). Untill this stuff is fixed this is a huge barrier irrespective of whether D is used in Facebook or not.
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 10:38:06 UTC, Maxim Fomin wrote:On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Wow! Pee on the parade why don't ya...Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed.I opened Facebook today and haven't noticed speed increase :) If I see, will attribute it to hard dmd working :)In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiSorry for being skeptic, but after so many years of D advertising are you sure that 5112 lines in Facebook code is a proof of D rise or a quality? In recent years (may be I am biased here) I have very poor signals of D engaging into mainstream - from language popularuty indexes (which are criticized for not showing real state of things), IT forums or watching in which lang are some projects written. Aside from speaking whether 5112 lines of code is really a good sign, there is separate issue regarding quality. When you will Java) "supports feature X", that really means that the feature is supported. In D this for sure means that the feature is either broken or misdesigned (shared libraries, routine code breakages, obsolete ms32 object format, AA arrays, shared, const postblits, odd template crosstalk bugs, type system holes, segfaulting lambdas, unstable stdlib, absent of third-party libraries). Untill this stuff is fixed this is a huge barrier irrespective of whether D is used in Facebook or not.
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiAwesome news! Cooool!
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process.Please do!
Oct 11 2013
On 2013-10-11, 11:14, Manu wrote:[image: Big Thumbs Up]I'm Simen Kj=C3=A6r=C3=A5s, and I approve of this message. So... when'll all Facebook PHP code be replaced with D? :p -- = Simen
Oct 11 2013
On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 14:44:30 +0200 "Simen Kjaeraas" <simen.kjaras gmail.com> wrote:On 2013-10-11, 11:14, Manu wrote: =20That would rock my world. "Facebook is written in PHP!" seems to be the biggest, most common argument made in favor of PHP (despite only being a partial-truth). I'd love to see D kill that rediculous appeal-to-authority fallacy once and for all.[image: Big Thumbs Up]=20 I'm Simen Kj=E6r=E5s, and I approve of this message. =20 So... when'll all Facebook PHP code be replaced with D? :p =20
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 13:03:00 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:That would rock my world. "Facebook is written in PHP!" seems to be the biggest, most common argument made in favor of PHP (despite only being a partial-truth). I'd love to see D kill that rediculous appeal-to-authority fallacy once and for all....and replace it with another appeal to authority? :)
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 13:20:44 UTC, Max Samukha wrote:...and replace it with another appeal to authority? :)It is never fallacious to agree with me! :-P
Oct 11 2013
On Fri, 11 Oct 2013 15:20:42 +0200 "Max Samukha" <maxsamukha gmail.com> wrote:On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 13:03:00 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:I'll take an appeal to authority that *doesn't* involve a manager/client trying to make me to use PHP over one that does anyday. ;)That would rock my world. "Facebook is written in PHP!" seems to be the biggest, most common argument made in favor of PHP (despite only being a partial-truth). I'd love to see D kill that rediculous appeal-to-authority fallacy once and for all....and replace it with another appeal to authority? :)
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiCongratulations Andrei! That's great to hear and I look forward to learning how FB will one day rule the world with D! :-) JohnD
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiCongratulation Andrei for your awesome work. D lang will be more attractive now. People will see D can to be used for critical code part. Thanks
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository...Despite the fact that having a big company using D language is a good advertisement for the language itself, on the other hand I don't like this type company. Just one (new) sign: http://money.cnn.com/2013/10/11/technology/social/facebook-search-privacy/index.html?iid=Lead Please don't get me wrong, and don't bother to reply! Congratulations to you all.
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiAndrei, This is like a tactical nuclear device detonating in the middle of the programming world that spreads joy instead of destruction. Go, go, go! (ahem)... I mean D, D, D..... :-)
Oct 11 2013
this is fantastic news. I've been reading your book and lurking in these forums unregistered for a while...signed up to congratulate you! brad
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 15:58:31 UTC, brad clawsie wrote:this is fantastic news. I've been reading your book and lurking in these forums unregistered for a while...signed up to congratulate you!By the way, you don't need to register to post here :)
Oct 11 2013
On 10/11/2013 09:14 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 15:58:31 UTC, brad clawsie wrote:And you don't even need to be here. :) I use Thunderbird for these newsgroups. Alithis is fantastic news. I've been reading your book and lurking in these forums unregistered for a while...signed up to congratulate you!By the way, you don't need to register to post here :)
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiLooking forward to coming back :). Well done!
Oct 11 2013
Wow, the reddit thing is going absolutely nuts. I wish reddit's format was more readable, it is so hard to find new stuff among the mess of a tree layout :(
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 21:24:01 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:Wow, the reddit thing is going absolutely nuts. I wish reddit's format was more readable, it is so hard to find new stuff among the mess of a tree layout :(Agree. You might want to try a userscript I forked, which: 1. Highlights unread comments. 2. Allows to navigate through unread comments with Ctrl + Up / Ctrl + Down. http://userscripts.org/scripts/show/179121
Oct 12 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 21:24:01 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:Wow, the reddit thing is going absolutely nuts. I wish reddit's format was more readable, it is so hard to find new stuff among the mess of a tree layout :(Reddit Enhancement Suite makes things much nicer, and having a Reddit Gold subscription allows new posts to be highlighted which RES can then navigate by.
Oct 12 2013
On Saturday, 12 October 2013 at 22:36:25 UTC, Kapps wrote:On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 21:24:01 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:Too bloated for my taste.Wow, the reddit thing is going absolutely nuts. I wish reddit's format was more readable, it is so hard to find new stuff among the mess of a tree layout :(Reddit Enhancement Suite makes things much nicer, and having a Reddit Gold subscription allows new posts to be highlighted which RES can then navigate by.
Oct 12 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiCongratulations! Thanks Andrei for pushing hard a Facebook and thanks to all core D devs for their hard work too. Looking forward to the blog post...and the day I can code at work in D Before D ,-~~-.___. / | ' \ ( ) 0 \_/-, ,----' ==== // / \-'~; /~~~(O) / __/~| / | =( _____| (_________| After D! __-----_. ______ / \ \ o O O _( )__ / | | \_---_ o._. _( )_ | | \ | |""""(_ Brilliant! _) | | | | | (_ :D _) \___/ ___ / | | (__ _) \____(____\___/ | | (________) |__| | | | / \-_ | | |' / \_ "__ _ !_!--v---v--" / "| |>) |""""""""| | _| | ._--""|| | _\_____________|_|_____||________|_ (Not mine: http://www.chris.com/ascii/index.php?art=comics/peanuts)
Oct 11 2013
Will we get to hear more about this at C++ and Beyond and maybe a whole D talk?
Oct 11 2013
On 10/11/13 5:02 PM, erik wrote:Will we get to hear more about this at C++ and Beyond and maybe a whole D talk?That event is entirely dedicated to C++. Andrei
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiIt's fantastic. I think that every new project that they are going to be in C++, D should to be used instead of.
Oct 11 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiFantastic! I've already distributed the news to everyone programmer I know of. /Per
Oct 14 2013
Congratulations! Glad to hear everything panned out! Glad to see D officially used over there. On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. Andrei
Oct 14 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiThis is nice to know. Any estimate on when is that blog post coming out?
Oct 16 2013
On 10/16/13 12:12 PM, Pedro Rodrigues wrote:On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Not yet. I'm scrambling to hit the proverbial iron while it's hot, and blogging had to give priority to that. I estimate a couple more weeks before I have something out. Thanks for the interest. AndreiToday I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiThis is nice to know. Any estimate on when is that blog post coming out?
Oct 16 2013
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process.Any more news on this Andrei?
Nov 18 2013
On 11/18/13 6:03 AM, Gary Willoughby wrote:On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Not yet. I'm the bottleneck here - must find the time to work on that. AndreiIn all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process.Any more news on this Andrei?
Nov 18 2013
On Monday, 18 November 2013 at 17:23:25 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:On 11/18/13 6:03 AM, Gary Willoughby wrote:Are you still using D in production? Are you using it more than before? Regards, RuneOn Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Not yet. I'm the bottleneck here - must find the time to work on that. AndreiIn all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process.Any more news on this Andrei?
Dec 18 2014
On Thursday, 18 December 2014 at 09:18:06 UTC, Rune Christensen wrote:On Monday, 18 November 2013 at 17:23:25 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:D is useful ,now I use the dfl2(https://github.com/FrankLIKE/dfl2/)and the build tool dco (https://github.com/FrankLIKE/dco/),very good. FrankOn 11/18/13 6:03 AM, Gary Willoughby wrote:Are you still using D in production? Are you using it more than before? Regards, RuneOn Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Not yet. I'm the bottleneck here - must find the time to work on that. AndreiIn all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process.Any more news on this Andrei?
Dec 22 2014
On Monday, 22 December 2014 at 12:12:19 UTC, FrankLike wrote:D is useful ,now I use the dfl2(https://github.com/FrankLIKE/dfl2/)and the build tool dco (https://github.com/FrankLIKE/dco/),very good. FrankDo you work for Facebook ?
Dec 22 2014
On 12/18/14 1:18 AM, Rune Christensen wrote:On Monday, 18 November 2013 at 17:23:25 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Yes, and a bit. -- AndreiOn 11/18/13 6:03 AM, Gary Willoughby wrote:Are you still using D in production? Are you using it more than before?On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Not yet. I'm the bottleneck here - must find the time to work on that. AndreiIn all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process.Any more news on this Andrei?
Dec 27 2014
On Sunday, 28 December 2014 at 06:49:26 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:On 12/18/14 1:18 AM, Rune Christensen wrote:You should a lot ,why only a bit?On Monday, 18 November 2013 at 17:23:25 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Yes, and a bit. -- AndreiOn 11/18/13 6:03 AM, Gary Willoughby wrote:Are you still using D in production? Are you using it more than before?On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Not yet. I'm the bottleneck here - must find the time to work on that. AndreiIn all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process.Any more news on this Andrei?
Dec 28 2014
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiReally Cool, I have been using D as a hobby but this is a good point to feel Dee Over IT. Animesh
Jun 02 2016
On 6/3/16 2:27 AM, Animesh wrote:On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Note to viewers: the OP is almost 3 years old. -SteveToday I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiReally Cool, I have been using D as a hobby but this is a good point to feel Dee Over IT.
Jun 03 2016
On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiSince this thread has been brought back to life anyway, does anyone know if Facebook is still using D now that Andrei has left?
Jun 03 2016
On Saturday, 4 June 2016 at 00:41:33 UTC, Meta wrote:On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Most likely, I mean why would they start to discard it?Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiSince this thread has been brought back to life anyway, does anyone know if Facebook is still using D now that Andrei has left?
Jun 04 2016
On Saturday, 4 June 2016 at 00:41:33 UTC, Meta wrote:On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:Spoke quite recently to a chap still there and he said yes, they are.Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook. Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed, and running speed. In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing the process. AndreiSince this thread has been brought back to life anyway, does anyone know if Facebook is still using D now that Andrei has left?
Jun 05 2016