The Digital Mars D compiler
DMD is the reference compiler for the D programming language. Created by Walter Bright, it is still maintained by him with the help of a handful of talented volunteers. It's not the only D compiler out there. GDC is built on top of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) and LDC uses the LLVM toolchain. Both compilers were created, and continue to be maintained, by members of the D community. As you write more D code, you'll find that DMD has blazingly fast compile times, while GDC and LDC produce highly optimized executables that tend to have better performance (though they are far from slow in terms of compilation speed). Because of this, it's not uncommon for D programmers to use DMD during development of a new project ...
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