The D Language Foundation (DLF) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the D programming language[2] launched on October 16, 2015.
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| Abbreviation | DLF |
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| Formation | October 16, 2015[1] |
| Type | 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization |
| Purpose | Promote, protect, and advance open source technology related to the D (programming language) |
| Headquarters | Kenmore, WA, United States |
Region served | Worldwide |
Official language | English |
President | Walter Bright |
Chairman | Andrei Alexandrescu |
| Website | dlang |
The mission of the foundation is to foster development of the D community and is responsible for various processes within the D community, including developing the D programming language, managing intellectual rights, and raising funds.[3][4] The foundation awards scholarships to students allowing them to work on high-impact projects related to the D programming language.[5][6] The D Language Foundation also organizes developer conferences including the yearly D Programming Language Conference (DConf) [7] [8] and is an official organization in the Google Summer of Code .[9][10]
In 2015, Andrei Alexandrescu seeded the D Language Foundation's budget from his royalties [11] and started to work for the D Language Foundation.[12]
Notes edit
- ^ "The D Language Foundation is now incorporated". Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ "The D Language Foundation". Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ "Recent D Language Foundation activities". 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ "Happy New Year from the D Language Foundation". 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ "The D Language Foundation's Scholarship Program". 5 December 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ "Scholarship Opportunity for Master and Doctorate". Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ^ "The D Programming Language Conference". Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ^ "DConf 2016". Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ^ "D Foundation - 2016 - Google Summer of Code Archive". Retrieved 2017-12-15.
- ^ "The D Language Foundation Google Summer of Code 2016 Postmortem". 13 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
- ^ "First donation to the D Language Foundation". Retrieved 2017-07-17.
- ^ "Andrei Alexandrescu". Retrieved 2017-12-15.