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cppfront
- Show HN: a Rust Based CLI tool 'imgcatr' for displaying images
- Cpp2 and cppfront – An experimental 'C++ syntax 2' and its first compiler
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C++ Safety, in Context
https://github.com/hsutter/cppfront
But his side project at Microsoft didn't gain traction with gcc, clang, etc and everybody else in the industry. So at this point, the C++ committee will be perceived as "so far behind" ... because there's nothing for them to vote on.
- Cppfront: Experimental C++ Syntax 2 –> Syntax 1 compiler
- Odin Programming Language
- Cppfront
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C++ Should Be C++
C++ has major flaws that cannot be rectified without serious breaking changes. With that said, Herb has been experimenting with a new cpp frontend with sane defaults [1].
In my opinion, the world is on standby until Anders Hejlsberg feels like tackling a modern, next generation systems language.
[1] https://github.com/hsutter/cppfront
- Why is the committee so reluctant to add new features to the language itself instead of stuffing them into the STL?
- C++ Lambda Idioms [video]
- Toward a TypeScript for C++"
dmd
- D2 Playground
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DMD Compiler as a Library: A Call to Arms
Here's the pipeline spitting out the same error as on my macbook did.
https://github.com/dlang/dmd/actions/runs/8023469412/job/219...
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My favourite Git commit (2019)
Not completely on topic (if you read TFA) but my favorite Git commit is by compiler badass and HN frequenter, where he checks in an entire C compiler to the D language repo:
https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/12507
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27102584
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The C Bounded Model Checker: Criminally Underused
A new generated code alone is 4000 lines long [1]. The actual code added is just 2000 lines, and some are used to pay debts, I mean, to make a proper code generator (which can be alternatively written in a simpler scripting langauge). In any case it is never comparable to the entier C parser proper.
[1] https://github.com/dlang/dmd/pull/15307/files#diff-3677bcc89...
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OpenD, a D language fork that is open to your contributions
D is completely opensource already (https://github.com/dlang/dmd). The "open" of OpenD is just ADR saying that OpenD will be more open to new language features than D has historically been.
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The OpenD Programming Language (fork of D)
The reference compiler, DMD, is open source: https://github.com/dlang/dmd
But they don't accept just any Pull Request or features the community submits, understandably. There's a process called DIP for language improvements: https://github.com/dlang/DIPs/blob/master/DIPs/README.md
However, by some accounts, it's really hard to get anything through.
Given D already has so many feature, I find that to be a good thing , to be honest, by not everyone agrees, of course.
- Odin Programming Language
- D Programming Language
What are some alternatives?
carbon-lang - Carbon Language's main repository: documents, design, implementation, and related tools. (NOTE: Carbon Language is experimental; see README)
zig - General-purpose programming language and toolchain for maintaining robust, optimal, and reusable software.
jakt - The Jakt Programming Language
ldc - The LLVM-based D Compiler.
serenity - The Serenity Operating System 🐞
v - Simple, fast, safe, compiled language for developing maintainable software. Compiles itself in <1s with zero library dependencies. Supports automatic C => V translation. https://vlang.io
dextool - Suite of C/C++ tooling built on LLVM/Clang
exotracker-cpp
Odin - Odin Programming Language
LoopModels - "Full speed or nothing." - James Hetfield
llvm-project - The LLVM Project is a collection of modular and reusable compiler and toolchain technologies.