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Re:Asynchronous I/O that doesn’t get in your way, written in D by kolev on Monday May 26, 2014 @03:03AM (#7798966)
I think D doesn't get the attention it deserves. As far as I can recall, Facebook was using it for some projects.
Re:Asynchronous I/O that doesn’t get in your way, written in D by simendsjo on Monday May 26, 2014 @04:22AM (#7799079)
They are, and even talked about it at dconf 2014. The video will be uploaded within some days. http://dconf.org/2014/talks/simpkins.html

Here's one of the projects written for Facebook by Walter Bright: https://github.com/facebook/warp

Re:Asynchronous I/O that doesn’t get in your way, written in D by kolev on Monday May 26, 2014 @02:36PM (#7800939)
Nice! Didn't pay attention earlier that it's in D!
Re:Asynchronous I/O that doesn’t get in your way, written in D by WalterBright on Monday May 26, 2014 @02:17PM (#7800853)
Sociomantic is a $100m annual revenue company:

https://www.sociomantic.com/dunnhumby-acquires-sociomantic/

that uses 100% D to drive its trading software:

https://www.sociomantic.com/technology/

Re:Asynchronous I/O that doesn’t get in your way, written in D by kolev on Monday May 26, 2014 @02:36PM (#7800934)
Thanks! I really hope D gains more popularity as it's a beautifully-crafted language!
Re:Asynchronous I/O that doesn’t get in your way, written in D by dkhasel on Monday May 26, 2014 @02:56PM (#7801024)
D absolutely deserves more attention. Any ideas on how to attract new folks to the language?
Re:Asynchronous I/O that doesn’t get in your way, written in D by WalterBright on Monday May 26, 2014 @04:09PM (#7801358)
Write articles about how you're using D and post them.
Re:Asynchronous I/O that doesn’t get in your way, written in D by J_Darnley on Monday May 26, 2014 @07:43PM (#7802176)
Have a compiler that can actually be compiled.