---
key: pl/d
kind: plang
name: "D"
url: https://plangs.page/d
---

# D

> Modern system programming language influenced by C++ with multiple paradigms and expressive features.

System programming language created by Walter Bright at Digital Mars and later joined by Andrei Alexandrescu, offering a unique blend of efficiency and expressiveness inspired by C++ but standing distinct from it. It incorporates multiple programming paradigms and features an innovative type system, appealing to programmers looking for modernized C++ alternatives. D is influenced by languages such as Java, Python, and C#, and it has, in turn, influenced newer languages like Rust and Go.

## Facts

- Appeared: 2001
- Homepage: https://dlang.org
- GitHub: https://github.com/dlang/dmd
- Languish ranking: #144

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Concurrent](https://plangs.page/paradigm/concurrent)
- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Metaprog](https://plangs.page/paradigm/metaprogramming)
- [Multi](https://plangs.page/paradigm/multi)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)

### Platforms

- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [BSD](https://plangs.page/platform/bsd)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)

### Type Systems

- [Inferred](https://plangs.page/type-system/inferred)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/type-system/object)
- [Static](https://plangs.page/type-system/static)
- [Strong](https://plangs.page/type-system/strong)

### Implements

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)

### Influenced By

- [Ada](https://plangs.page/ada)
- [BASIC](https://plangs.page/basic)
- [C](https://plangs.page/c)
- [C#](https://plangs.page/c-sharp)
- [C++](https://plangs.page/c++)
- [Eiffel](https://plangs.page/eiffel)
- [Java](https://plangs.page/java)
- [Python](https://plangs.page/python)
- [Ruby](https://plangs.page/ruby)

### Influenced

- [C#](https://plangs.page/c-sharp)
- [Go](https://plangs.page/go)
- [Rust](https://plangs.page/rust)
- [Swift](https://plangs.page/swift)
- [Vala](https://plangs.page/vala)

### Licenses

- [Boost](https://plangs.page/license/boost)

### Tags

- [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app)
- [Assembler](https://plangs.page/tag/asm)
- [Better-C](https://plangs.page/tag/better-c)
- [CLI](https://plangs.page/tag/cli)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [Data Analysis](https://plangs.page/tag/analysis)
- [Games](https://plangs.page/tag/games)
- [GUI](https://plangs.page/tag/gui)
- [Industrial Control](https://plangs.page/tag/industrial)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)
- [Numeric Computation](https://plangs.page/tag/numeric)
- [Scientific Computing](https://plangs.page/tag/sci)
- [Visualization](https://plangs.page/tag/viz)