“At this point, the world may have more programming languages
than spoken languages, but that’s not stopping the creation of even
more. This week, Digital Mars released the D programming language,
which it says addresses the issues and shortcomings of C/C++.“D is the brainchild of Walter Bright, the main developer of the
first native C++ compiler, Zortech C++, which Symantec acquired in
1991 and sold under its own name, only to sell it back to Bright in
2000…”
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