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Re:Next C compiler is a D compiler: Introducing DMD's ImportC by benreesman on Wednesday November 02, 2022 @09:26PM (#33445524)
A lot of people might not know that before doing the D language, Walter was already a world-wide acknowledged expert on the compilation of C and C++.

I don’t use D seriously but I’d still bet my ass that something smart happens when you feed C code to the D compiler toolchain.

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Re:Next C compiler is a D compiler: Introducing DMD's ImportC by krylon on Thursday November 03, 2022 @06:00AM (#33448980)
> A lot of people might not know that

Personally, that would surprise me, because C++ compilers is the context where I first read the name. I'm not saying this is incorrect, but I would find it amusing somehow.

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Re:Next C compiler is a D compiler: Introducing DMD's ImportC by nkozyra on Thursday November 03, 2022 @08:08AM (#33449801)
It's fair to say that Walter is best known for his work with D rather than his work with C++, though.
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Re:Next C compiler is a D compiler: Introducing DMD's ImportC by krylon on Thursday November 03, 2022 @03:17PM (#33455977)
Depends on how old you are. ;-)
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Re:Next C compiler is a D compiler: Introducing DMD's ImportC by benreesman on Thursday November 03, 2022 @03:52PM (#33456523)
Indeed. He was a legend a long time before there was a D programming language.
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Re:Next C compiler is a D compiler: Introducing DMD's ImportC by a9h74j on Thursday November 03, 2022 @07:07PM (#33459233)
Yes, Zortech C++: about 1991 IIRC. If this was not the first commercial compiler available on Windows, it was one of them.
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