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D Language Foundation

The D Language Foundation (DLF) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the D programming language launched on October 16, 2015.

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D Language Foundation
AbbreviationDLF
FormationOctober 16, 20151
Type501(c)(3) nonprofit organization
PurposePromote, protect, and advance open source technology related to the D (programming language)
HeadquartersKenmore, WA, United States
Region served
Worldwide
Official language
English
President
Walter Bright
Chairman
Andrei Alexandrescu
Websitedlang.org/foundation.html

The D Language Foundation (DLF) is a nonprofit organization devoted to the D programming language2 launched on October 16, 2015.

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.34 The foundation awards scholarships to students allowing them to work on high-impact projects related to the D programming language.56 The D Language Foundation also organizes developer conferences including the yearly D Programming Language Conference (DConf)78 and is an official organization in the Google Summer of Code.910

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

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  1. "The D Language Foundation is now incorporated". Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  2. "The D Language Foundation". Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  3. "Recent D Language Foundation activities". 3 June 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  4. "Happy New Year from the D Language Foundation". 2 January 2017. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  5. "The D Language Foundation's Scholarship Program". 5 December 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  6. "Scholarship Opportunity for Master and Doctorate". Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  7. "The D Programming Language Conference". Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  8. "DConf 2016". Archived from the original on 2017-12-15. Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  9. "D Foundation - 2016 - Google Summer of Code Archive". Retrieved 2017-12-15.
  10. "The D Language Foundation Google Summer of Code 2016 Postmortem". 13 January 2017. Retrieved 2018-01-04.
  11. "First donation to the D Language Foundation". Retrieved 2017-07-17.
  12. "Andrei Alexandrescu". Retrieved 2017-12-15.
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