Tag: D Language
Languages such as C/C++ and Java follow an “eager” argument evaluation approach, where function arguments are evaluated before the function is entered. Of course, there are idioms and tricks that one can use to force “lazy” evaluation. The primary benefit of “lazy” parameter evaluation is that the parameter is evaluated only when it is used and […]
In the last article, I briefly explained how D language has built-in support for performing unit tests. I feel this is an advantage over many current languages. What if we want to run only a subset of unit tests? Although it is a good idea to run the unit tests every time there is a […]
While I admire D language for many of its elegant and powerful features, two features stand out in my opinion. These are support for Design by Contract (DBC) and Unit Testing. I am a great fan of DBC and will cover that feature in a future article. Today I let me briefly touch upon D‘s […]
After exploring “newLisp” in the past few posts, I would like to start looking at the “D Programming Language” (DLang). DLang has been around since 2001. It was originally created by Walter Bright and later Andrei Alexandrescu joined the team in 2007. The main inspiration for DLang was C++, although it uses ideas from other languages such […]
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