"Mark Evans" <Mark_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:ahp2g3$2mvc$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Walter makes a good point.  There may be an alternative.  Let a small
group of
> volunteers work on a Linux port under source code nondisclosure terms of
your
> choice.  Draft some terms and have the volunteers sign the paperwork.  I'd
like
> to see a Linux release too.  -M.
>
Mark,

I suggested this to Walter some time ago and seems like he is not interested. :-(

cheers,
-Krish

"Rajiv Bhagwat" <dataflow@vsnl.com> wrote in message news:ahqm9j$1g0k$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> That's a good suggestion. I have a hunch that although gcc is free, people
> will even pay a small amount for Walter's faster and better compiler. If
> included on the same CD, it will certainly attract a wider crowd.
> - Rajiv

AND embedded systems like CE, Palm, NEC, etc etc....?

J. Harlough wrote:
> This is slightly off-topic, but will there be ports of the D programming
> language compiler and runtime to Linux and/or FreeBSD? I've looked at the
> language briefly, and it seems to be pretty interesting.

The Linux version has been around for a while, and the FreeBSD D compiler was just released.

http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/dmd-freebsd.html