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A lot of people might not know that before doing the D language, Walter was already a world-wide acknowledged expert on the compilation of C and C++.

I don’t use D seriously but I’d still bet my ass that something smart happens when you feed C code to the D compiler toolchain.



> A lot of people might not know that

Personally, that would surprise me, because C++ compilers is the context where I first read the name. I'm not saying this is incorrect, but I would find it amusing somehow.


It's fair to say that Walter is best known for his work with D rather than his work with C++, though.


Depends on how old you are. ;-)


Indeed. He was a legend a long time before there was a D programming language.


Yes, Zortech C++: about 1991 IIRC. If this was not the first commercial compiler available on Windows, it was one of them.




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