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Posted in reply to Walter Bright | "Walter Bright" <newshound1@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:gj0qht$2lc1$1@digitalmars.com... > What platforms for dmd would you be most interested in using? > > .net > jvm > mac osx 32 bit intel > mac osx 64 bit intel > linux 64 bit > windows 64 bit > freebsd 32 bit > netbsd 32 bit > > other? - ARM7/ARM9 - Other misc microcontrollers, like Parallax's Propeller - Mac osx 32 bit intel - *maybe* bsd 32-bit, .net and jvm (and with .net and jvm I'd want to still be able to use tango and phobos, and not be forced to switch to the .net and jvm standard libs) |
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Posted in reply to Walter Bright | Walter Bright wrote:
> What platforms for dmd would you be most interested in using?
>
> .net
> jvm
> mac osx 32 bit intel
> mac osx 64 bit intel
> linux 64 bit
> windows 64 bit
> freebsd 32 bit
> netbsd 32 bit
>
> other?
Mac OSX 32 and 64 intel
Windows 32 and 64
Linux 32 and 64
WinCE on ARM (yeah, I know it's not on the list, but it matters)
Linux on ARM (ditto)
Or, better yet:
Cross-platform C code.
Get me that and I have a lot less reason to even care about the others.
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Posted in reply to Chad J | Chad J wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> What platforms for dmd would you be most interested in using?
>>
>> .net
>> jvm
>> mac osx 32 bit intel
>> mac osx 64 bit intel
>> linux 64 bit
>> windows 64 bit
>> freebsd 32 bit
>> netbsd 32 bit
>>
>> other?
>
> Mac OSX 32 and 64 intel
> Windows 32 and 64
> Linux 32 and 64
> WinCE on ARM (yeah, I know it's not on the list, but it matters)
> Linux on ARM (ditto)
>
> Or, better yet:
> Cross-platform C code.
> Get me that and I have a lot less reason to even care about the others.
P.S.
The C backend would allow DMD to target game consoles that don't even
have D compilers.
I don't think you, or anyone around, is likely to write D compilers for every piece of hardware the console game industry feels like pumping out. At least not for some years.
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Posted in reply to Nick Sabalausky | "Nick Sabalausky" <a@a.a> wrote in message news:gj1olu$1390$1@digitalmars.com... > "Walter Bright" <newshound1@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:gj0qht$2lc1$1@digitalmars.com... >> What platforms for dmd would you be most interested in using? >> >> .net >> jvm >> mac osx 32 bit intel >> mac osx 64 bit intel >> linux 64 bit >> windows 64 bit >> freebsd 32 bit >> netbsd 32 bit >> >> other? > > - ARM7/ARM9 > - Other misc microcontrollers, like Parallax's Propeller > - Mac osx 32 bit intel > - *maybe* bsd 32-bit, .net and jvm (and with .net and jvm I'd want to > still be able to use tango and phobos, and not be forced to switch to the > .net and jvm standard libs) To elaborate: 1. A "systems language" that doesn't compile to any embedded microcontroller seems more than a little bit silly to me. (Sad as it is to say, I don't think GDC counts anymore.) 2. I have absolutely zero interest in 64-bit. To the people annoyed at the limitations of the 32-bit address space: What in the world are you working on? Non-linear video editors and 3D modeling packages? I should also add near the top of my list, "the CPUs of all major game consoles". I think console game programmers are very much in need of a language that doesn't suck as horribly as C++, and D is the only one out there that doesn't contain fundamental deal-breakers for modern console game dev. |
December 26, 2008 Re: dmd platform support - poll | ||||
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Posted in reply to Chad J | Chad J wrote:
> Or, better yet:
> Cross-platform C code.
> Get me that and I have a lot less reason to even care about the others.
The problem with generating C code is: exception handling
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Posted in reply to Chad J | "Chad J" <gamerchad@__spam.is.bad__gmail.com> wrote in message news:gj1p0l$13pv$1@digitalmars.com... > Walter Bright wrote: >> What platforms for dmd would you be most interested in using? >> > Or, better yet: > Cross-platform C code. > Get me that and I have a lot less reason to even care about the others. Yes. This. Perfectly stated. Anyone that puts out a CPU makes a C compiler for it, sometimes C++, but rarely any other non-proprietary language, and (unfortunately) especially not D. |
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Posted in reply to Walter Bright | "Walter Bright" <newshound1@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:gj1psc$14q2$1@digitalmars.com... > Chad J wrote: >> Or, better yet: >> Cross-platform C code. >> Get me that and I have a lot less reason to even care about the others. > > The problem with generating C code is: exception handling Can't the normal exception handling boilerplating just be placed explicity in the functions? Or, I guess maybe that would require code that was specific to C-compiler/CPU combination? |
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Posted in reply to Nick Sabalausky | Reply to Nick,
> "Walter Bright" <newshound1@digitalmars.com> wrote in message
> news:gj1psc$14q2$1@digitalmars.com...
>
>> Chad J wrote:
>>
>>> Or, better yet:
>>> Cross-platform C code.
>>> Get me that and I have a lot less reason to even care about the
>>> others.
>> The problem with generating C code is: exception handling
>>
> Can't the normal exception handling boilerplating just be placed
> explicity in the functions? Or, I guess maybe that would require code
> that was specific to C-compiler/CPU combination?
>
macros!!!
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Posted in reply to Nick Sabalausky | Reply to Nick,
> 2. I have absolutely zero interest in 64-bit. To the people annoyed at
> the limitations of the 32-bit address space: What in the world are you
> working on? Non-linear video editors and 3D modeling packages?
how about DBs? Or most anything that uses more than about 2GB of data.
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December 26, 2008 Re: dmd platform support - poll | ||||
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Posted in reply to Walter Bright | 在 Fri, 26 Dec 2008 13:25:31 +0800,Walter Bright <newshound1@digitalmars.com> 写道:
> Chad J wrote:
>> Or, better yet:
>> Cross-platform C code.
>> Get me that and I have a lot less reason to even care about the others.
>
> The problem with generating C code is: exception handling
I think the solution is using wine macros or use reactos macros.
Reactos claims their SEH macro is better.
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