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• It compiles into .exe/binary/.so/.dll etc.
• The core library is tiny ~1Mb (500K striped) compared with the classic java/C# frameworks
• memory management (autofreeing at the end of each function) - so you dont need to splatter the code with malloc)(/free()
  
• The core library is small and limited (so I dont have to learn 1000's of classes/packages to understand code)..
• The code syntax is similar to PHP/Java/C# etc. for class construction / definition,
  
• native Arrays and Associative Array's, just like PHP!.
  
• No need for .h header files
  
• It's pretty damn fast! - beat's gcc in benchmarks (well even considering you always take them with a pinch of salt)
• It just works....
  

/* See original for copyright - I've removed for the example) */

// give this file a module name (bit like namespaces)
module hw.HelloWorld;

// private imports so that any code importing this,
// doesnt import these as well.
// so you dont flood the global namespace too much..
private import dui.MainWindow;
private import dui.DUI;

public:
class HelloWorld : MainWindow	// it extends MainWindow..
{
        private import dui.Label;	// imports can go here as well..

	char[char[]] testarray = [      // yah - native array's in prop. def's
		"one": "1", 
                "two": "2"
	];

        this()			// yeap that's the constructor..
        {
                super("DUI Hello World");	// like parent::_construct()
                this.setBorderWidth(10);	// you dont need this. , but
						// I think it add's clarity.
		
                this.add(new Label("Hello World" ~ testarray["one"]));
						// string concat with the ~
						// operator.
                this.show();
        }
}

void main(char[][] args)
{
        DUI dui = DUI.dui(args);   // pass parameters to Gtk+
        new HelloWorld();
        dui.go();                  // start the main event loop
}