D (programming language)

D programming language
Paradigm	Multi-paradigm: functional, imperative, object-oriented
Designed by	Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu (since 2007)
Developer	D Language Foundation
First appeared	8 December 2001
Stable release	2.109.1 / 1 July 2024
Typing discipline	Inferred, static, strong
OS	FreeBSD, Linux, macOS, Windows
License	Boost
Filename extensions	.d
Website	dlang.org
Major implementations
	DMD (reference implementation), GCC, GDC, LDC, SDC
Influenced by
	BASIC, C, C++, C#, Eiffel, Java, Python
Influenced
	Genie, MiniD, Qore, Swift, Vala, C++11, C++14, C++17, C++20, Go, C#, others
	D Programming at Wikibooks;

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D, also known as dlang, is a multi-paradigm system programming language created by Walter Bright at Digital Mars and released in 2001. Andrei Alexandrescu joined the design and development effort in 2007. Though it originated as a re-engineering of C++, D is now a very different language. As it has developed, it has drawn inspiration from other high-level programming languages. Notably, it has been influenced by Java, Python, Ruby, C#, and Eiffel.

The D language reference describes it as follows:

D is a general-purpose systems programming language with a C-like syntax that compiles to native code. It is statically typed and supports both automatic (garbage collected) and manual memory management. D programs are structured as modules that can be compiled separately and linked with external libraries to create native libraries or executables.^[11]

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^ "2.109.1". Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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^ "dmd Backend converted to Boost License". 7 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.
^ "D 2.0 FAQ". Retrieved 11 August 2015.
^ "D Programming Language - Fileinfo.com". Retrieved 15 November 2020. ^{[citation needed]}
^ "D Programming Language - dlang.org". Retrieved 15 November 2020.^{[citation needed]}
^ "On: Show HN: A nice C string API". Hacker News. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
^ Alexandrescu, Andrei (2010). The D programming language (First ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Addison-Wesley. p. 314. ISBN 978-0321635365.
^ "Building assert() in Swift, Part 2: __FILE__ and __LINE__". Retrieved 25 September 2014.
^ "Introduction - D Programming Language". dlang.org. Retrieved 21 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this free content work. Licensed under BSL-1.0 (license statement/permission).

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[wikidata-9e250a004ce4947afa63d233dc84c71d49631527-v18-2] "2.109.1". Retrieved 7 July 2024.

[D-frontend-license-3] Cite error: The named reference D-frontend-license was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[boost-backend-4] "dmd Backend converted to Boost License". 7 April 2017. Retrieved 9 April 2017.

[5] "D 2.0 FAQ". Retrieved 11 August 2015.

[6] "D Programming Language - Fileinfo.com". Retrieved 15 November 2020. ^{[citation needed]}

[7] "D Programming Language - dlang.org". Retrieved 15 November 2020.^{[citation needed]}

[8] "On: Show HN: A nice C string API". Hacker News. 3 December 2022. Retrieved 4 December 2022.

[9] Alexandrescu, Andrei (2010). The D programming language (First ed.). Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Addison-Wesley. p. 314. ISBN 978-0321635365.

[Swift_-_Getting_the_location_of_a_caller-10] "Building assert() in Swift, Part 2: __FILE__ and __LINE__". Retrieved 25 September 2014.

[11] "Introduction - D Programming Language". dlang.org. Retrieved 21 April 2024. This article incorporates text from this free content work. Licensed under BSL-1.0 (license statement/permission).

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