D (programming language)

D programming language

Paradigm	multi-paradigm: procedural, object-oriented, functional, generic
Designed by	Walter Bright, Andrei Alexandrescu (since 2006)
Developer	Digital Mars, Andrei Alexandrescu (since 2006)
First appeared	8 December 2001; 22 years ago (2001-12-08)[1]
Stable release	2.109.1[2]  / 1 July 2024; 4 months ago (1 July 2024)
Typing discipline	strong, static
OS	DMD: Unix-like, Windows, Mac OS X
License	GPL/Artistic (DMD frontend), Boost (standard and runtime libraries), source available (DMD backend),[3] Fully open-source (LDC and GDC)[4]
Filename extensions	.d
Website	dlang.org
Major implementations
DMD (reference implementation), GDC, LDC
Influenced by
C, C++, C#, Eiffel, Java, Python, Ruby
Influenced
MiniD, DScript, Vala, Qore
D Programming at Wikibooks

The D programming language is an object-oriented, imperative, multi-paradigm system programming language. D language originated as a re-engineering of C++, and D's design goals try combining the performance of compiled languages with the safety and expressive power of modern dynamic languages. Native D code is commonly as fast as equivalent C++ code, while being shorter and memory-safe.^[5]

1. ↑ "D Change Log to Nov 7 2005". D Programming Language 1.0. Digital Mars. Retrieved 13 June 2014.
2. ↑ "2.109.1". Retrieved 7 July 2024.
3. ↑ "github". DMD source code. GitHub. Retrieved 13 June 2014.^{[permanent dead link]}
4. ↑ FAQ of digitalmars Retrieved 13 June 2014
5. ↑ Bright, Walter. D programming Language Specification (e-book ed.). 7227: Digital Mars (via Amazon).{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location (link)