Comments on: A few interesting things that happened today http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2008/01/30/a-few-interesting-things-that-happened-today From the mind of Philip Sun, 28 Aug 2011 12:59:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Bram http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2008/01/30/a-few-interesting-things-that-happened-today#comment-525 Bram Thu, 31 Jan 2008 07:30:36 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2008/01/30/a-few-interesting-things-that-happened-today#comment-525 I haven't played with C#, but I'm really liking D. It's a bit of a shame that (AFAIK) none of the D compilers work on any of the BSDs just yet. I haven’t played with C#, but I’m really liking D. It’s a bit of a shame that (AFAIK) none of the D compilers work on any of the BSDs just yet.

]]> By: FunkyM http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2008/01/30/a-few-interesting-things-that-happened-today#comment-526 FunkyM Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:40:12 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2008/01/30/a-few-interesting-things-that-happened-today#comment-526 D offers everything people choose C# for but is native, cross platform (Nokia has tried it on their N Linux series) and using the GCC backend, competes with C/C++ for the fastest language on this planet. I translated a C# GTK example using alpha/compositing stuff in just a few minutes to D (using GtkD bindings) and was surprised. A true binary written in a C# like language, heck even linked against shared C libraries is awesome. D offers everything people choose C# for but is native, cross platform (Nokia has tried it on their N Linux series) and using the GCC backend, competes with C/C++ for the fastest language on this planet.

I translated a C# GTK example using alpha/compositing stuff in just a few minutes to D (using GtkD bindings) and was surprised. A true binary written in a C# like language, heck even linked against shared C libraries is awesome.

]]> By: Daniel Drake http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2008/01/30/a-few-interesting-things-that-happened-today#comment-527 Daniel Drake Wed, 30 Jan 2008 22:28:25 +0000 http://pvanhoof.be/blog/index.php/2008/01/30/a-few-interesting-things-that-happened-today#comment-527 In case you aren't aware already, python immediately frees objects when their reference count hits zero. If you write your code to have no circular references (which at least for me generally happens naturally), the python garbage collector won't be doing anything except wasting cycles. In case you aren’t aware already, python immediately frees objects when their reference count hits zero. If you write your code to have no circular references (which at least for me generally happens naturally), the python garbage collector won’t be doing anything except wasting cycles.

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