On Friday, 11 October 2013 at 00:36:12 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu
wrote:
Today I committed the first 5112 lines of D code to Facebook's
repository. The project is in heavy daily use at Facebook.
Compared to the original version (written in C++) we've
measured massive wins in all of source code size, build speed,
and running speed.
In all likelihood we'll follow up with a blog post describing
the process.
Andrei
Really exciting news. Endorsement from a big player is probably
the first step in getting D mainstream. Great work!