Compiled, garbage collected, simpler C/C++ replacement by Walter Bright (wrote first DOS C++ compiler). Maximum similarity to C/C++, except where backward compatibility hurts. Overview, specification, download. [Digital Mars]
By Kris Bell, Lars Ivar Igesund, Sean Kelly, Michael Parker; Apress, 2008, ISBN10 1590599608, ISBN13 9781590599600. Introduces D, concise, thorough overview of syntax and features, and Tango software library.
Wrote D; Northwest Software C, Datalight C, Zorland C, Zortech C++ (first native C++ compiler), Symantec C++, Digital Mars C++; Visual Cafe Java compiler; ABEL Advanced Boolean Expression Language compiler; DMDScript ECMA 262 Script compiler/interpret...
Purpose: port and support D in Open Source; now researching how to link D frontend to GCC backend, or write a D frontend to the GCC compiler: about, news, contact, downloads, D Linux port.