The D Programming Language

The D Programming Language

“To the best of my knowledge, D offers an unprecedentedly adroit integration of several powerful programming paradigms: imperative, object-oriented, functional, and meta.”<br>—From the Foreword by Walter Bright<br> <br>“This is a book by a skilled author describing an interesting programming language. I’m sure you’ll find the read rewarding.”<br>—From the Foreword by Scott Meyers <p style="margin: 0px;" text-justify="auto" text-align="justify">D is a programming language built to help programmers address the challenges of modern software development. It does so by fostering modules interconnected through precise interfaces, a federation of tightly integrated programming paradigms, language-enforced thread isolation, modular type safety, an efficient memory model, and more.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;" text-justify="auto" text-align="justify"> <b> <i>The D Programming Language </i> </b>is an authoritative and comprehensive introduction to D. Reflecting the author’s signature style, the writing is casual and conversational, but never at the expense of focus and pre­cision. It covers all aspects of the language (such as expressions, statements, types, functions, contracts, and modules), but it is much more than an enumeration of features.</p> <p style="margin: 0px;" text-justify="auto" text-align="justify">Inside the book you will find</p> <ul> <li>In-depth explanations, with idiomatic examples, for all language features</li> <li>How feature groups support major programming paradigms</li> <li>Rationale and best-use advice for each major feature</li> <li>Discussion of cross-cutting issues, such as error handling, contract programming, and concurrency</li> <li>Tables, figures, and “cheat sheets” that serve as a handy quick reference for day-to-day problem solving with D</li> </ul> <p style="margin: 0px;">Written for the working programmer, <b> <i>The D Programming Language </i> </b>not only introduces the D language—it presents a compendium of good practices and idioms to help both your coding with D and your coding in general.</p>