[nullgate]

I've been a Java guru for almost 4 years and hiding from real system programming all the time (It's not a problem since I make a living by writing Java code).

But I'm working on an open-source project, where Java just doesn't fit. Digital Mars D is my first choice, since it fits my philosophy in many ways. However, I need crypto algorithm like RSA/SHA-1, and more (which is available in Java and C/C++).

My question is "Can I use DMC to access available C/C++ crypto library (or open-source packages) and link it to D?"

I choose D because I'm used to OOP, and I need high level type system to prototype complex algorithm and data structure. I really don't like Java 'coz JVM hide too many things, while D gimme almost everything.

[brad]

I'm not sure about using DMC to link the existing libs. I believe it's not possible if the lib is in C++, but it definitely is if written in C. Just use DMD.

There may be some pure D crypto libs you could use.

Check here: http://svn.dsource.org/svn/projects/deimos/trunk/etc/crypto/hash/

BA

[jcc7]

If you have C/C++ source and you can compile it in DMC, you should be able to produce a .lib which can be linked into a D project. C++ classes can't be accessed directly, but functions should be accessible.

You also should also be able to use functions from a .DLL written in C/C++, but that's trickier than using a .lib (IMO). I'd recommend you try the .lib method first.

[nullgate]

But I don't have the right make file...
I'll try hard to make it work with DMC.

[nullgate]

I have both source and DLL.
If I can't compile the source, I think it's possible to write DMC codes which I can use in DMD.