Mastodawn

🤔🎉 Ah, the riveting saga of one solitary soul pouring a year into crafting an ASN.1 compiler in D—a language choice as popular as disco in 2025. The post is a delightful smorgasbord of incoherent ramblings about ASN.1 intricacies, perfect for those insomniacs needing a new sleep aid. 😴📜
https://bradley.chatha.dev/blog/dlang-propaganda/asn1-compiler-in-d/ #ASN1Compiler #DLanguage #TechHumor #CodingSaga #SleeplessNights #HackerNews #ngated

I spent a year of my life making an ASN.1 compiler in D

Dr. Brian Callahan Aug 13, 2025

A new #blog post appears!

I discovered that the GNU D compiler has been broken on FreeBSD 14 for over a year and it seems no one noticed. Let's discover the issue and brainstorm some solutions to it.

A great case study for why operating system package maintainers matter.

https://briancallahan.net/blog/20250813.html

#dlang #dlanguage #freebsd #bsd #openbsd #netbsd #dragonflybsd #unix #gcc #gdc #gnu #compiler #compilers #d #linux #opensource #freesoftware