Digital Mars

Digital Mars is a small <a href="/facts/United_States/P0sCdLe5">American</a> software <a href="/facts/Company_(law)/psBVz9jr">company</a> owned by <a href="/facts/Walter_Bright/0xEdf597">Walter Bright</a> and based in <a href="/facts/Vienna%2c_Virginia/CHSwfNoJ">Vienna, Virginia</a>. It makes <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a>, <a href="/facts/C%252B%252B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a>, and <a href="/facts/D_(programming_language)/4qIzRjkF">D</a> compilers, and associated utilities such as an <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">integrated development environment</a> (IDE) for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a> and <a href="/facts/DOS/sWwDXNmX">DOS</a>, which Digital Mars calls an integrated development and debugging environment (IDDE).
The compilers can be downloaded, free of charge, from Digital Mars's web site.
Product names changed over time. The C compiler was first named <a href="/facts/Datalight/I6X8HJNC">Datalight</a> C compiler, then Zorland C, then Zortech C, then Digital Mars C/C++ compiler. The C++ compiler was first named Zortech C++, then <a href="/facts/NortonLifeLock/uWvBqako">Symantec</a> C++, then Digital Mars C++ (DMC++).
The company gained notice in the software development community for creating the <a href="/facts/D_(programming_language)/4qIzRjkF">D programming language</a>. D resulted from Bright's frustration with the direction of the C++ language and from his experience implementing it.
Digital Mars is also notable for having shipped the first commercial C++ compiler for <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>
In 2002, Digital Mars released DMDScript, an <a href="/facts/ECMA-262/M7nDHsB5">ECMA-262</a>-compliant <a href="/facts/JavaScript_engine/6YEG2JFH">JavaScript engine</a>, written in D.

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