Hi everyone,

LDC 0.17.0, the LLVM-based D compiler, is available for download!
This release is based on the 2.068.2 frontend and standard library and supports LLVM 3.5-3.8.

Don't miss to check if your preferred system is supported by this release. We also have a Win64 compiler and PREVIEW of a Win32 compiler available!

As usual, you can find links to the changelog and the binary packages over at digitalmars.D.ldc:
http://forum.dlang.org/post/cqgwucbznngoiesvbmlk@forum.dlang.org

Regards,
Kai

On Sunday, 14 February 2016 at 17:30:33 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> LDC 0.17.0, the LLVM-based D compiler, is available for download!
> This release is based on the 2.068.2 frontend and standard library and supports LLVM 3.5-3.8.
>
> Don't miss to check if your preferred system is supported by this release. We also have a Win64 compiler and PREVIEW of a Win32 compiler available!
>
> As usual, you can find links to the changelog and the binary packages over at digitalmars.D.ldc:
> http://forum.dlang.org/post/cqgwucbznngoiesvbmlk@forum.dlang.org
>
> Regards,
> Kai

Congrats! Awesome that Win32 received work. The Windows versions worked out of the box this time.

On Sunday, 14 February 2016 at 17:30:33 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> LDC 0.17.0, the LLVM-based D compiler, is available for download!
> This release is based on the 2.068.2 frontend and standard library and supports LLVM 3.5-3.8.

> Regards,
> Kai

congrats!
what is actually the difference on wheter i build with LLVM 3.5 or 3.8?
in other words, what influence does the ldc version have?

On 02/14/2016 07:30 PM, Kai Nacke wrote:
> As usual, you can find links to the changelog and the binary packages over at digitalmars.D.ldc: http://forum.dlang.org/post/cqgwucbznngoiesvbmlk@forum.dlang.org

https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/ldc https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/ldc

On Sunday, 14 February 2016 at 20:55:14 UTC, y wrote:
> what is actually the difference on wheter i build with LLVM 3.5 or 3.8?
> in other words, what influence does the ldc version have?

This really depends on your target. For x86_64 the biggest difference is auto-vectorization with avx/avx2 which is better in later LLVM versions.
The non-X86 are usually more mature in later LLVM versions. E.g. for MIPS64 you should at least use LLVM 3.7.

Put into a simple rule:
- For X86 there is no big difference
- For non-X86 use the latest LLVM version

Regards,
Kai

On Sunday, 14 February 2016 at 20:55:40 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> On 02/14/2016 07:30 PM, Kai Nacke wrote:
>> As usual, you can find links to the changelog and the binary packages over at digitalmars.D.ldc: http://forum.dlang.org/post/cqgwucbznngoiesvbmlk@forum.dlang.org
>
> https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/ldc https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/ldc

Thanks!

AFAIK 3.8 received some recent win64 codegen bugfixes.

On Sunday, 14 February 2016 at 17:30:33 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> LDC 0.17.0, the LLVM-based D compiler, is available for download!
> This release is based on the 2.068.2 frontend and standard library and supports LLVM 3.5-3.8.
>
> Don't miss to check if your preferred system is supported by this release. We also have a Win64 compiler and PREVIEW of a Win32 compiler available!
>
> As usual, you can find links to the changelog and the binary packages over at digitalmars.D.ldc:
> http://forum.dlang.org/post/cqgwucbznngoiesvbmlk@forum.dlang.org
>
> Regards,
> Kai

We are in the press: http://llvmweekly.org/issue/112

Regards,
Kai

On Tuesday, 23 February 2016 at 05:54:06 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
> On Sunday, 14 February 2016 at 17:30:33 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
>> Hi everyone,
>>
>> LDC 0.17.0, the LLVM-based D compiler, is available for download!
>> This release is based on the 2.068.2 frontend and standard library and supports LLVM 3.5-3.8.
>>
>> Don't miss to check if your preferred system is supported by this release. We also have a Win64 compiler and PREVIEW of a Win32 compiler available!
>>
>> As usual, you can find links to the changelog and the binary packages over at digitalmars.D.ldc:
>> http://forum.dlang.org/post/cqgwucbznngoiesvbmlk@forum.dlang.org
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kai
>
> We are in the press: http://llvmweekly.org/issue/112
>
> Regards,
> Kai

And here: http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=LLVM-D-Compiler-LDC-0.17.0

Regards,
Kai