• David B. Held (4/4) Mar 18 2007 DTL looks like it was vaporware for 2+ years, and is now just barely
• torhu (5/8) Mar 18 2007 AFAIK, dtl is still a dead project. DWT was abandoned by it's original
• David B. Held (12/21) Mar 18 2007 Ok, but I think something that provides STL-like functionality is still
• Clay Smith (3/21) Mar 18 2007 TioPort is a Java-to-D converter.

"David B. Held" <dheld codelogicconsulting.com> writes:

DTL looks like it was vaporware for 2+ years, and is now just barely 
taking shape.  DWT went the way of the Dodo, and now we have DForms and 
TioPort.  What's the deal?  Why was DWT abandoned?

Dave

torhu <fake address.dude> writes:

David B. Held wrote:
 DTL looks like it was vaporware for 2+ years, and is now just barely 
 taking shape.  DWT went the way of the Dodo, and now we have DForms and 
 TioPort.  What's the deal?  Why was DWT abandoned?

AFAIK, dtl is still a dead project.  DWT was abandoned by it's original 
author, and I don't think anyone else has been given write access to the 
repository.  And right now, everyone is probably waiting to see what 
will become of tioport.

"David B. Held" <dheld codelogicconsulting.com> writes:

torhu wrote:
 David B. Held wrote:
 DTL looks like it was vaporware for 2+ years, and is now just barely 
 taking shape.  DWT went the way of the Dodo, and now we have DForms 
 and TioPort.  What's the deal?  Why was DWT abandoned?

 
 AFAIK, dtl is still a dead project.  DWT was abandoned by it's original 
 author, and I don't think anyone else has been given write access to the 
 repository.  And right now, everyone is probably waiting to see what 
 will become of tioport.

Ok, but I think something that provides STL-like functionality is still 
something that's pretty important to D.  At the least, I think it's a 
good demonstration of the metaprogramming capabilities of D.  Is anyone 
interested in creating one from scratch?

It looks to me like Tioport is an attempt to port the entire Java 
standard library to D.  Is that correct?  That seems like an enormous 
project, and given the speed of development in Java, one that is 
never-ending.  It seems to me that using SWT is a fundamentally sound 
approach, but just needs a kick-start.  Can we just steal DWT like it is 
and branch it into a writable location?

Dave

Clay Smith <clayasaurus gmail.com> writes:

David B. Held wrote:
 torhu wrote:
 David B. Held wrote:
 DTL looks like it was vaporware for 2+ years, and is now just barely 
 taking shape.  DWT went the way of the Dodo, and now we have DForms 
 and TioPort.  What's the deal?  Why was DWT abandoned?

 AFAIK, dtl is still a dead project.  DWT was abandoned by it's 
 original author, and I don't think anyone else has been given write 
 access to the repository.  And right now, everyone is probably waiting 
 to see what will become of tioport.

 
 Ok, but I think something that provides STL-like functionality is still 
 something that's pretty important to D.  At the least, I think it's a 
 good demonstration of the metaprogramming capabilities of D.  Is anyone 
 interested in creating one from scratch?
 
 It looks to me like Tioport is an attempt to port the entire Java 
 standard library to D.  Is that correct?  

TioPort is a Java-to-D converter.

~ Clay