Bug#403460: ITP: gdc -- D programming language for GCC

[Suresh Rajashekara <suresh.raj@gmail.com>]

Package: wnpp
Followup-For: Bug #403460
Owner: Suresh Rajashekara <suresh.raj@gmail.com>

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist

Package name    :  gdc
Version         :  0.20
Upstream Author :  David Friedman  <dvdfrdmn@users.sf.net>
URL or Web Page :  http://dgcc.sourceforge.net/
Licence         :  GNU General Public License (GPL)
Description     :  D programming language for GCC

D is a systems programming language. Its focus is on combining the power and
high performance of C and C++ with the programmer productivity of modern
languages like Ruby and Python. Special attention is given to the needs of
quality assurance, documentation, management, portability and reliability.
.
D is statically typed, and compiles direct to native code. It's multiparadigm:
supporting imperative, object oriented, and template metaprogramming
styles. It's a member of the C syntax family, and its look and feel is very
close to C++'s.  It supports automatic memory management and introspection like
Java or C#, but also allows manual pointer manipulations when needed. It can
directly call to C libraries (though not C++ because of object model
mismatches).
.
It is not governed by a corporate agenda or any overarching theory of
programming. The needs and contributions of the D programming community form the
direction it goes.
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GCC D Compiler (GDC) package is a D language front end for the GNU Compiler
Collection. It supports a number of targets and nearly all features of Digital
Mars D.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-686
Locale: LANG=en_IN, LC_CTYPE=en_IN (charmap=UTF-8)