On Friday, 24 October 2014 at 02:42:13 UTC, frustrated wrote:
> Two days later and I still cant get a 'Hello World' to compile.
> It is far beyond me how a project can exist for so many years
> and still not have a straightforward installation that works out
> of the box. Yes.. read the forums and search google for solutions
> that may or may not work depending on the phases of the moon,
> I have to ask you:
> Why bother ?
> Why would anybody trust a compiler written by people
> who regard making it run out of the box an after-thought ?

What error are you getting? dmd easier to install as tcc compiler. I used to download a .zip file but now I use the setup in .exe format so it install everything for me 1-click only. It ask me to install dmd/dmc/visual D and so on. I select what I need to and then it's done. After downloaed I just path the dmd's path in my Windows' PATH variable to use it from command line or an IDE invoke dmd command and run successfully.

It's on Windows. Other than Windows such as Linux isn't such a hard.

I see only one post from Frustrated the OP
You guys won't learn will you .

On Saturday, 25 October 2014 at 21:24:14 UTC, Kyoji Klyden wrote:
> On Saturday, 25 October 2014 at 19:33:45 UTC, Jkpl wrote:
>> On Friday, 24 October 2014 at 02:42:13 UTC, frustrated wrote:
>>> Two days later and I still cant get a 'Hello World' to compile.
>>> It is far beyond me how a project can exist for so many years
>>> and still not have a straightforward installation that works out
>>> of the box. Yes.. read the forums and search google for solutions
>>> that may or may not work depending on the phases of the moon,
>>> I have to ask you:
>>> Why bother ?
>>> Why would anybody trust a compiler written by people
>>> who regard making it run out of the box an after-thought ?
>>
>> Sorry, actually it was a joke from me and I laught a lot while reading your answers during 3 days. The setup is just fine, although if you've started a nice think-tank about the problem...
>> Sorry. My bad.
>
> Regardless of me believing you or not, by what means was it a
> joke? OP complains about technical difficulties, several people
> offer assistance, then you arrive claim you laughed about the
> whole thing and apologize.
> I find it hard to believe there was any humor amongst any of
> that, aside from the few jokes a couple people made.

Just ask to Vlad. He seems to be the forum maintainer. He'll check the IP.
Even if I'm not the OP, the message is clear: why the hell do you care about this ? DMD setup is fine. It works. dot.

On Saturday, 25 October 2014 at 22:17:35 UTC, Jkpl wrote:
>
> Just ask to Vlad. He seems to be the forum maintainer. He'll check the IP.
> Even if I'm not the OP, the message is clear: why the hell do you care about this ? DMD setup is fine. It works. dot.

Haha, why would anyone go check your IP?
Should we tell everyone who has trouble with DMD: "the setup is
fine. It works. dot."? It has a very reassuring ring to it. Melts
my troubles away. :P

Once you're ready to take on "Hello World" or to show us your
next great skit, feel free to post in D.Learn.

On Saturday, 25 October 2014 at 22:41:59 UTC, Kyoji Klyden wrote:
> On Saturday, 25 October 2014 at 22:17:35 UTC, Jkpl wrote:
>>
>> Just ask to Vlad. He seems to be the forum maintainer. He'll check the IP.
>> Even if I'm not the OP, the message is clear: why the hell do you care about this ? DMD setup is fine. It works. dot.
>
> Haha, why would anyone go check your IP?
> Should we tell everyone who has trouble with DMD: "the setup is
> fine. It works. dot."? It has a very reassuring ring to it. Melts
> my troubles away. :P
>
> Once you're ready to take on "Hello World" or to show us your
> next great skit, feel free to post in D.Learn.

But the setup is fine.. and when it isn't you can see from just how fast the community replies, that people do care, and will endeavour to fix it!
There is also the option to use DMD without the installer, its not rocket science.

In fact all this thread has really served is to prove just how much people do care for D.

On Saturday, 25 October 2014 at 22:41:59 UTC, Kyoji Klyden wrote:
> On Saturday, 25 October 2014 at 22:17:35 UTC, Jkpl wrote:
>>
>> Just ask to Vlad. He seems to be the forum maintainer. He'll check the IP.
>> Even if I'm not the OP, the message is clear: why the hell do you care about this ? DMD setup is fine. It works. dot.
>
> Haha, why would anyone go check your IP?
> Should we tell everyone who has trouble with DMD: "the setup is
> fine. It works. dot."? It has a very reassuring ring to it. Melts
> my troubles away. :P
>
> Once you're ready to take on "Hello World" or to show us your
> next great skit, feel free to post in D.Learn.

Initially i was just trying to solve the thing by saying:
"dont bother it 's a joke, you can setup dmd and compile a simple hello world".
But...it seems that's some people cant accept the "perfect" explanation.
I mean: stop being stuck on this, the OP has made an error. He won't reply.
Even if now he has compiled his "hello world", do you really think, in your own soul, that he will come saying "it's ok now, I get it, it works fine".
Seriously.

On Saturday, 25 October 2014 at 23:44:04 UTC, Jkpl wrote:
> On Saturday, 25 October 2014 at 22:41:59 UTC, Kyoji Klyden wrote:
>> On Saturday, 25 October 2014 at 22:17:35 UTC, Jkpl wrote:
>>>
>>> Just ask to Vlad. He seems to be the forum maintainer. He'll check the IP.
>>> Even if I'm not the OP, the message is clear: why the hell do you care about this ? DMD setup is fine. It works. dot.
>>
>> Haha, why would anyone go check your IP?
>> Should we tell everyone who has trouble with DMD: "the setup is
>> fine. It works. dot."? It has a very reassuring ring to it. Melts
>> my troubles away. :P
>>
>> Once you're ready to take on "Hello World" or to show us your
>> next great skit, feel free to post in D.Learn.
>
> Initially i was just trying to solve the thing by saying:
> "dont bother it 's a joke, you can setup dmd and compile a simple hello world".
> But...it seems that's some people cant accept the "perfect" explanation.
> I mean: stop being stuck on this, the OP has made an error. He won't reply.
> Even if now he has compiled his "hello world", do you really think, in your own soul, that he will come saying "it's ok now, I get it, it works fine".
> Seriously.

it's ok now, I get it, it works fine.
I managed to compile a "hello world".
Stop the hostilities. Plz.

great stuff frustrated I hope you enjoy it . Its worth the time investment

On 10/24/14, 5:05 PM, ketmar via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2014 23:59:08 +0000
> Kyoji Klyden via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm not sure what else we could call it though.. D.ask?
>> .questions is good.

Others have suggested D.users.