Say it in D

I just released a true Mac-style simple installer package which gives you a complete D with Tango-programming environment.

Included is GDC with libgtango together with a complete set of D and Tango documentation as well as about 50 different examples with complete source code. Installs into standard paths and does not interfere with your current environment (using isolating prefix /usr/share/gdc). This package does not require Apple Developer tools, even though it is highly recommended.

D is a general purpose systems and applications programming language. It is a higher level language than C++, but retains the ability to write high performance code and interface directly with the operating system API’s and with hardware. D is well suited to writing medium to large scale million line programs with teams of developers. D is easy to learn, provides many capabilities to aid the programmer, and is well suited to aggressive compiler optimization technology.

/* Shows how to create a basic socket client, and how to converse
   with a remote server. */
import tango.io.Console;
import tango.net.SocketConduit, 
       tango.net.InternetAddress;

void main() {
  // make a connection request to the server
  auto request = new SocketConduit;
  request.connect(new InternetAddress("localhost", 8080));
  request.output.write("hello\n");

  // wait for response (there is an optional timeout supported)
  char[64] response;
  auto size = request.input.read(response);

  // close socket
  request.close;

  // display server response
  Cout(response[0..size]).newline;
}