When Is D Better Than C? When It's a Language.
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| The D language is free, with a compiler and standard libraries for Windows
| and Linux. The compiler front-end and Phobos standard library are open
| source, and there is a D compiler for GCC, the popular open source C
| compiler. It produces compiled code, with no need for a virtual machine.
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| Of course, history is full of humble beginnings for technologies,
| like Linux. Linus Torvalds was an unknown Finnish college student
| when he first uploaded the Linux 0.1 kernel on the Internet in 1991,
| Hammond noted. Bright is well-known among developers for his
| Zortech compiler. That said, Linux had an interesting business
| model. Operating systems back then were expensive and people
| wanted a choice.
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| The inflection point was when venture money and small businesses
| sprang up around Linux. "To make a technology viable, the
| technology has to be more than just good. You have to build a
| business model around it," said Hammon. "What's the business
| model here?"
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