• Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d (12/12) May 02 2017 Is D defined by DMD it's reference implementation, or is there a formal
• Basile B. (10/11) May 02 2017 I'd say that this is the case, with
• Jacob Carlborg (5/7) May 02 2017 I would say that it's a mix of "The D programming Language", the

Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:

Is D defined by DMD it's reference implementation, or is there a formal
definition somewhere that is met by the reference implementation?

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Basile B. <b2.temp gmx.com> writes:

On Tuesday, 2 May 2017 at 11:01:04 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
 Is D defined by DMD it's reference implementation,

I'd say that this is the case, with

- The D programming Language: 
http://erdani.com/index.php/books/tdpl/

"The D Programming Language, dubbed TDPL by its readers, is the 
ultimate authoritative reference on D".

- The specifications (language reference), so this site. For 
example anyone who wants to write a D compiler should use it for 
the semantic.

But no "ISO D" afaik

Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:

On 2017-05-02 13:01, Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d wrote:
 Is D defined by DMD it's reference implementation, or is there a formal
 definition somewhere that is met by the reference implementation?

I would say that it's a mix of "The D programming Language", the 
specification on dlang.org and DMD.

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/Jacob Carlborg