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Walter, thank you so much for finally doing this! I am so happy that Symantec finally listened. It must have been really frustrating to have to wait so long for
by jordigh 10y ago
Walter, thank you so much for finally doing this! I am so happy that Symantec finally listened. It must have been really frustrating to have to wait so long for this to happen. I have really been enjoying D and I love all the innovation in it. I'm really looking forward to seeing the reference compiler packaged for free operating systems.
Thanks again, this news makes me very happy!
- cheez 10y agoI don't understand: I thought Walter owned the copyright, why does Symantec have anything to do with it?
- WalterBright 10y agoSymantec purchased Zortech C++, and created Symantec C++. Symantec left that business, and licensed the code to Digital Mars C++, which was later used as a basis for DMD.
- the_trapper 10y agoI remember using Symantec C++ as well. I was a teenager and on a very tight budget at the time. It was easily the best C++ IDE and compiler you could buy at the time for the price. I might have to give D a shot now just due to nostalgia.
- WalterBright 10y agoYou're welcome! It makes me happy, too. I've wanted to do this for a very long time.
- johndubchak 10y agoIn addition to your great work, Walter, Symantec really needs extra acknowledgement for the effort on their side in releasing their right to claim in order to make this happen. It seems we haven't had a lot of good things to say lately about Symantec and I hope this gives them something positive to celebrate.
- lomnakkus 10y agoJust to pile on: Kudos for this!