3 ms·
D language rdmd wrapper allows to compile-and-execute directly [1]. Together with intuitive function calling facility using Uniform Function Call Syntax or UFC
by teleforce 2y ago
D language rdmd wrapper allows to compile-and-execute directly [1].
Together with intuitive function calling facility using Uniform Function Call Syntax or UFCS you can easily has natively compiled scripting environment [2],[3].
[1] Pragmatic D Tutorial:
https://qznc.github.io/d-tut/hello.html https://qznc.github.io/d-tut/hello.html
[2] Why I use the D programming language for scripting (2021) (50 comments):
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36928485 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36928485
[3] Uniform Function Call Syntax:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Function_Call_Syntax https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uniform_Function_Call_Syntax
- Zamiel_Snawley 2y agoYou can write executable “scripts” in C by JIT compiling them with the shebang. Tcc has the `-run` flag for easily doing this with a normal-ish shebang. With a nasty polyglot preamble of C and bash at the top of your file, you can do it with any compiler.
- teleforce 2y agoThat's a good thing but due to D syntax it is very intuitive and pythonic due to the default GC, in addition to the UFCS feature that I've mentioned compared to C with its agrarian syntax. That's the main reason we have C shell scripting in the form of csh with more intuitive syntax for example foreach loop that D has already supported [1]. But if you insist, D now supports and can compile C language that you can perform using rdmd [2]. [1] C shell: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_shell https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_shell [2] Adding ANSI C11 C compiler to D so it can import and compile C files directly (105 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27102584 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27102584