On Wednesday, March 07, 2012 23:07:11 Mars wrote:
> On Friday, 2 March 2012 at 11:53:56 UTC, Manu wrote:
> > Personally, I just want to be able to link like a normal
> > windows developer.
> > My code is C/C++, built with VC, and I want to link my D app
> > against those
> > libs using the VC linker, and debug with Visual Studio. This is
> > the
> > workflow I think the vast majority of Windows devs will expect,
> > and it
> > sounds simple enough. This is the only thing standing between
> > me using D
> > for any major projects, and just experimenting with the
> > language for
> > evaluation, or just academic interest.
> > 64bit is far less important to me personally, VisualC linker
> > compatibility
> > is the big one. I just want to link against my C code without
> > jumping
> > through lots of hoops.
>
> That's exactly my problem... and although I love D, these hurdles
> made me take a step back, to C++, while I wait for this to
> change, so I can finally use D efficiently.
>
> I'm sure this isn't a trivial task, but the problematic isn't new
> after all. Why hasn't it been addressed yet? In my eyes this
> should be a top priority, to make it easier for new users to get
> into D. Till this poll I actually believed the problem was that D
> isn't used much by Windows users.
I don' think that Walter really views it as much of a problem - or if he does,