Online compiler for examples and testing

This should prove interesting. I've given it some thought, but there are a few unknowns that need some research and discussion.

• Should it compile and return an object only, or should it attempt to execute online?
• Should we allow coding, complete with "void main()", or do something akin to DSP, where the user is sandboxed.
• What range of imports should be allowed (threading, filesystem, networking, etc.)?
• If we opt to execute arbitrary code, how do we prevent run-away processes that eat gobs of CPU power? What about the process' permissions that runs the code?

I'm leaning towards DSP's model which relies upon DDL to work. Provided that porting all that to Tango proves easy (and it should), most of the above concerns (sans CPU usage) go away. The idea of thowing the user's code (almost verbatim) into a function, eliminates the use of import statements - which provides a huge amount of code security.

Imo, a compiling service doesn't belong to the Tango site and the ticket can be closed.

Anyway, for those who only want to run D code online, there is codepad.org (mentioned in the Documentation section).

'k - getting rid of this.