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reply wron <wron mail.com> writes:
Are there any projects dedicated to using only betterC as a 
better C alternative? Are full C-like projects in the scope of 
this feature, or is it only good for prototyping, easier C 
intergration, wasm (maybe more)?
Feb 14
next sibling parent monkyyy <crazymonkyyy gmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 14 February 2026 at 12:56:38 UTC, wron wrote:

 Are there any projects dedicated to using only betterC as a 
 better C alternative? Are full C-like projects in the scope of 
 this feature, or is it only good for prototyping, easier C 
 intergration, wasm (maybe more)?


https://github.com/crazymonkyyy/raylib-2024/tree/master

I STRONGLY dont suggest it
Feb 14
prev sibling next sibling parent Mike Parker <aldacron gmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 14 February 2026 at 12:56:38 UTC, wron wrote:

 Are there any projects dedicated to using only betterC as a 
 better C alternative? Are full C-like projects in the scope of 
 this feature, or is it only good for prototyping, easier C 
 intergration, wasm (maybe more)?


The original intent behind BetterC was to make it easier to 
integrate D modules into existing C projects and easier to port C 
projects to D. But it's 100% possible to go all out with it on a 
full project.

However, that's not how it's intended to be used and ecosystem 
support for it is limited. Going that route, you lose a lot of 
good D features and most of the standard library, and you'll have 
to roll a lot of your own stuff. If you're okay with that, then 
do what you want.
Feb 14
prev sibling next sibling parent reply Kapendev <alexandroskapretsos gmail.com> writes:
On Saturday, 14 February 2026 at 12:56:38 UTC, wron wrote:

 Are there any projects dedicated to using only betterC as a 
 better C alternative? Are full C-like projects in the scope of 
 this feature, or is it only good for prototyping, easier C 
 intergration, wasm (maybe more)?


My code supports it, but I would not say my projects are 
dedicated to using only it.
I mainly use it for WASM and other niche things.
Here is some code you can look at:

1. [microui-d](https://github.com/Kapendev/microui-d)
2. [Joka](https://github.com/Kapendev/joka)
3. [Parin](https://github.com/Kapendev/parin)
Feb 15
next sibling parent Kapendev <alexandroskapretsos gmail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 15 February 2026 at 09:21:02 UTC, Kapendev wrote:

 On Saturday, 14 February 2026 at 12:56:38 UTC, wron wrote:

 Are there any projects dedicated to using only betterC as a 
 better C alternative? Are full C-like projects in the scope of 
 this feature, or is it only good for prototyping, easier C 
 intergration, wasm (maybe more)?


 My code supports it, but I would not say my projects are 
 dedicated to using only it.
 I mainly use it for WASM and other niche things.
 Here is some code you can look at:

 1. [microui-d](https://github.com/Kapendev/microui-d)
 2. [Joka](https://github.com/Kapendev/joka)
 3. [Parin](https://github.com/Kapendev/parin)


D by default is already a better C alternative :)
Feb 15
prev sibling parent reply wron <wron mail.com> writes:
On Sunday, 15 February 2026 at 09:21:02 UTC, Kapendev wrote:

 On Saturday, 14 February 2026 at 12:56:38 UTC, wron wrote:

 Are there any projects dedicated to using only betterC as a 
 better C alternative? Are full C-like projects in the scope of 
 this feature, or is it only good for prototyping, easier C 
 intergration, wasm (maybe more)?


 My code supports it, but I would not say my projects are 
 dedicated to using only it.
 I mainly use it for WASM and other niche things.
 Here is some code you can look at:

 1. [microui-d](https://github.com/Kapendev/microui-d)
 2. [Joka](https://github.com/Kapendev/joka)
 3. [Parin](https://github.com/Kapendev/parin)


Do you have any embedded projects? I'm looking for some project 
examples on embedded with D but with no success.
Feb 16
next sibling parent Serg Gini <kornburn yandex.ru> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 February 2026 at 07:06:36 UTC, wron wrote:

 Do you have any embedded projects? I'm looking for some project 
 examples on embedded with D but with no success.


https://theartofmachinery.com/2017/02/28/bare_metal_d.html
https://zyedidia.github.io/blog/posts/1-d-baremetal/
Feb 16
prev sibling next sibling parent Kapendev <alexandroskapretsos gmail.com> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 February 2026 at 07:06:36 UTC, wron wrote:

 Do you have any embedded projects? I'm looking for some project 
 examples on embedded with D but with no success.


Nope. I could try. What is the most common thing when people talk 
about embedded?
Feb 16
prev sibling parent Mindy (0xEAB) <desisma heidel.beer> writes:
On Tuesday, 17 February 2026 at 07:06:36 UTC, wron wrote:

 Do you have any embedded projects? I'm looking for some project 
 examples on embedded with D but with no success.


Check out this Wiki entry:
<https://wiki.dlang.org/D_on_AVR>
Feb 17
prev sibling parent Mindy (0xEAB) <desisma heidel.beer> writes:
On Saturday, 14 February 2026 at 12:56:38 UTC, wron wrote:

 Are full C-like projects in the scope of this feature, or is it 
 only good for prototyping, easier C intergration, wasm (maybe 
 more)?


I’ve written two games[0][1] using only the betterC subset of D — 
though that was primarily as a size optimization for the 
resulting binary in the context of game jams[2].

The second game[1] also makes heavy use of the importC[3] feature 
of D compilers.

[0] <https://0xeab.itch.io/quantum-jump-pinball>
[1] 
<https://0xeab.itch.io/would-you-still-save-the-world-with-me-if-i-were-a-worm>
[2] <https://4mbjam.dev/>
[3] <https://dlang.org/spec/importc.html>
Feb 15