D

Also known as Dlang, D programming language, D language

multi-paradigm system programming language

Key facts

Paradigm: Multi-paradigm : functional , imperative , object-oriented
Designed by: Walter Bright , Andrei Alexandrescu (since 2007)
Developer: D Language Foundation
First appeared: 8 December 2001 ; 24 years ago ( 2001-12-08 )
Stable release: 2.112.0 / 7 January 2026 ; 4 months ago ( 7 January 2026 )
Typing discipline: Inferred , static , strong
Os: FreeBSD , Linux , macOS , Windows
License: Boost
Filename extensions: .d, .di, .dd
Website: dlang .org

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Official website: dlang.org

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official demo URL: run.dlang.io
file extension: def
inception: 2001-12-08
software version identifier: 2.112.0
Commons category: D programming language

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D, also known as dlang, is a multi-paradigm system programming language created by Walter Bright at Digital Mars and released in 2001. Andrei Alexandrescu joined the design and development effort in 2007. Though it originated as a re-engineering of C++, D is now a very different language. As it has developed, it has drawn inspiration from other high-level programming languages. Notably, it has been influenced by Java, Python, Ruby, C#, and Eiffel.

The D language reference describes it as follows: