Digital Mars is a small American software company owned by Walter Bright and based in Vienna, Virginia.
The company gained notice in the software development community for creating the D programming language.
[citation needed] Digital Mars is also notable for having shipped the first commercial C++ compiler for Windows[3] In 2002, Digital Mars released DMDScript, an ECMA-262-compliant JavaScript engine, written in D.[citation needed] In 1988, Zortech was the first C++ compiler to ship for Windows.
[5][6] In a February 1989 overview of optimizing C compilers, BYTE approved of Zortech C 1.07's $90 price, included IDE, and Microsoft CodeView compatibility.
The magazine reported that the software "lacks some of the features of those in the $400 range" but its code often benchmarked better.