DLang - First Impression (FOSDEM 2024 Talk) [Programming Languages Episode 19]

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►Lesson Description: In this lesson I present one of my favorite languages -- in fact I'm breaking the rules a bit -- dlang! As many of you know, I use Dlang and have a dedicated series on this channel. That said, I wanted to share my FOSDEM 2024 talk with you here, so you can see how I introduce the D language to other parts of the world. Sit back, relax, and enjoy the talk! ! Let me know what resources/tools I missed that others should know about in the comments below! (D deserves a talk in here -- I wonder what languages we will see next!)
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[@janAkaliKilo]

That's one episode of "first impression" I've been looking for, because of how often you mention D in your other videos =)

[@MikeShah]

Happy to hear that! The Dlang tour on the website gives a really clean overview of the language

[@bsdooby]

Looking forward to your presentation @ Dlang Conf Online; very interesting topics 👍

[@MikeShah]

Thank you! :)

[@liteal]

Oh, I love DLang.

[@MikeShah]

Likewise!

[@GaryChike]

Here here! 🍻

[@JustFeeshy]

I like D (I love saying that since it can be taken out of context.)

[@MikeShah]

D rocks!

[@bobweiram6321]

The compile time execution is a cool and scary at the same time. It may be possible to construct and execute malicious code.

[@MikeShah]

I haven't thought too much about CTFE for malicious code, but it could happen. I suppose if you're the code owner folks wouldn't think about it too much otherwise. I think CTFE is not able to do file operations and IO however (You can do a mixin to import some code, but no reading of outside data).

[@bobweiram6321]

I will say off the bat that it's superior to C++'s abuse of templates for meta programming.

[@bobweiram6321]

By the way, is there a way to write language extensions for gcc or llvm externally? Let's say I want to add my own special array syntax into a language like Pascal or Ada. Could I write external code like a plugin which the compiler executes when it sees my special array syntax?

[@MikeShah]

The metaprogramming in D makes you want to use it -- it's very well done, and still the best of languages I have used to date.@@bobweiram6321

[@GaryChike]

Four Uncommon Programming Languages for Malware Development Are: · #1. DLANG · #2. NIM · #3. RUST · #4. Go

[@aberba]

Where can I find the code used in this presentation? Which HTTP library were you using to fetch GitHub repo info?

[@MikeShah]

This is from std.curl within dlang

[@aberba]

@@MikeShah oh my, I never came across that. Still have more to catch up

[@rocknroooollllll]

Is the audio "open source" as well? It's rough.

[@MikeShah]

Unfortunately I think that is a result of the lapel mic.

[@androth1502]

dub debug build is causing windows defender to get trogan alert, and removing the executable

[@MikeShah]

Interesting, might be worth reporting on the forum.

[@androth1502]

@@MikeShah don't know any forums. just tired to hack around on it to see if it was something i wanted to get into since there is talk of getting an allocator agnostic version of phobos in the future, if i understood that correctly.

[@GaryChike]

@@androth1502 dlang main site > Community > Forums

[@MikeShah]

​@@androth1502I believe some updates on allocators are coming

[@joebosah2727]

Great presentation at Fosdem 2024

[@MikeShah]

Cheers! It was a great conference!

[@kcvinu]

Sadly, D community split and now there is two languages. D & OpenD.

[@MikeShah]

I suspect some of the things OpenD does will land in D. I'm happy to see how much D has stabilized however!

[@bobweiram6321]

Why did they split?