digitalmars.D.announce - InfoWorld article on the open sourcing of dmd
- Andrei Alexandrescu (2/2) Apr 10 2017 http://www.infoworld.com/article/3188427/application-development/free-at...
- Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce (8/10) Apr 10 2017 Hmmm. This article makes it sound like all of dmd was closed-source rath...
- H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d-announce (7/18) Apr 10 2017 [...]
http://www.infoworld.com/article/3188427/application-development/free-at-last-d-languages-official-compiler-is-open-source.html Andrei
Apr 10 2017
On Monday, April 10, 2017 09:24:16 Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d- announce wrote:http://www.infoworld.com/article/3188427/application-development/free-at-l ast-d-languages-official-compiler-is-open-source.htmlHmmm. This article makes it sound like all of dmd was closed-source rather than just the backend, and it would be easy to come away thinking that Symantec created D. :| Well, at least it's helping get the word out that dmd is fully open-source now. - Jonathan M Davis
Apr 10 2017
On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 11:15:41AM -0700, Jonathan M Davis via Digitalmars-d-announce wrote:On Monday, April 10, 2017 09:24:16 Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d- announce wrote:[...] Typical news source oversimplifying the issue. But at least it's getting the word out. No coverage is bad coverage, after all. T -- Valentine's Day: an occasion for florists to reach into the wallets of nominal lovers in dire need of being reminded to profess their hypothetical love for their long-forgotten.http://www.infoworld.com/article/3188427/application-development/free-at-l ast-d-languages-official-compiler-is-open-source.htmlHmmm. This article makes it sound like all of dmd was closed-source rather than just the backend, and it would be easy to come away thinking that Symantec created D. :| Well, at least it's helping get the word out that dmd is fully open-source now.
Apr 10 2017