Does D allow direct compilation to program files with extensions other than .exe (ex. .com in ms-dos)? If so, can someone point me to the appropriate documentation, and/or provide a simple demonstration of how to accomplish this?

Thanks,
Andrew

Andrew Edwards wrote:
> Does D allow direct compilation to program files with extensions other than
> .exe (ex. .com in ms-dos)? If so, can someone point me to the appropriate
> documentation, and/or provide a simple demonstration of how to accomplish
> this?
> 
> Thanks,
> Andrew
> 
> 

Forget about .com, any sane language is too much of a bloat to work in the TINY momory model. And then especially a GCed one.

There might be a way to create Extended-DOS executables. Since DMD derives from DMC, i think you have to follow the instructions for creating DOS EXEs with DMC, available somewhere on Walter's site. Then, you'll probably need to create .OBJs with DMD, than use DMC linker.

While D is not bound to Windows, i question the sanity of using it to create DOS executables. It does not suport DOS-native 16-bit modes.

-i.

Thanks,

Can I ask a favor of you? I recently started a message board on Programmer's Heaven in hopes of generating more interest  in D.  I'm incapable of running the board adequately, because I have next to no programming experience. Though I monitor the D newsgroups, I seldom am able to participate in or contribute to any of the discussions because I have no idea what you guys are talking about. I am hoping for an Intro to programming tutorial to be written for D so I continue to hang around. I am however,  actively trying to promote the language with post on various newsgroups and message boards (such as the recent message posted on Slashdot). I would appreciate if you could drop by at Programmer's Heaven (http://www.programmersheaven.com/c/msgboard/boardinfo.asp?BoardID=579) and repost this response to the original question asked by Dr.Mobius. I don't feel uncomfortable pretending that I know something I do not.

Andrew

"Ilya Minkov" <midiclub@8ung.at> wrote in message news:b0n387$1mk0$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Andrew Edwards wrote:
> > Does D allow direct compilation to program files with extensions other
than
> > .exe (ex. .com in ms-dos)? If so, can someone point me to the
appropriate
> > documentation, and/or provide a simple demonstration of how to
accomplish
> > this?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Andrew
> >
> >
>
> Forget about .com, any sane language is too much of a bloat to work in the TINY momory model. And then especially a GCed one.
>
> There might be a way to create Extended-DOS executables. Since DMD derives from DMC, i think you have to follow the instructions for creating DOS EXEs with DMC, available somewhere on Walter's site. Then, you'll probably need to create .OBJs with DMD, than use DMC linker.
>
> While D is not bound to Windows, i question the sanity of using it to create DOS executables. It does not suport DOS-native 16-bit modes.
>
> -i.
>

> repost this response to the original question asked by Dr.Mobius. I don't feel uncomfortable pretending that I know something I do not.

Sorry, that's I don't feel comfortable...

"Andrew Edwards" <aedwards@spamfreeamerica.com> wrote in message news:b0mtju$1j6r$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Does D allow direct compilation to program files with extensions other
than
> .exe (ex. .com in ms-dos)? If so, can someone point me to the appropriate documentation, and/or provide a simple demonstration of how to accomplish this?

D does not support 16 bit memory models, and .com files are 16 bit. Currently, D only supports win32 exe and dll executable files. It does not support 16 bit windows nor 32 bit DOS extenders.

Glad that you posted again... I had emailed you with the same idea (tutorials and such on Programmers' Heaven), but the message bounced back (fake email address, I presume)?  I do have programming experience, but I don't have much time due to school.  However, I do think that people in general could benefit from tutorials at various skill levels, and I am interested in at least looking into this posibility, as well as exploring current GUI API's in development.  What do you think?  (Do email me if you wish.)


Andrew Edwards wrote:
> Thanks,
> 
> Can I ask a favor of you? I recently started a message board on Programmer's
> Heaven in hopes of generating more interest  in D.  I'm incapable of running
> the board adequately, because I have next to no programming experience.
-- 
Christopher J. Sequeira '05
csequeir@__mit.edu (remove hyphens for email)

> (tutorials and such on Programmers' Heaven), but the message bounced
> back (fake email address, I presume)?  I do have programming experience,

sorry, SPAM deterrent.

"Christopher J. Sequeira" <csequeir@__mit.edu> wrote in message news:b0ngb7$1tid$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> Glad that you posted again... I had emailed you with the same idea (tutorials and such on Programmers' Heaven), but the message bounced back (fake email address, I presume)?  I do have programming experience, but I don't have much time due to school.  However, I do think that people in general could benefit from tutorials at various skill levels, and I am interested in at least looking into this posibility, as well as exploring current GUI API's in development.  What do you think?  (Do email me if you wish.)
>
Splendid idea. I have been hoping that others would begin to look towards creating a few tutorial. Of course, I am personally interested tutorials for Beginners, but all tutorials are appreciated. I am trying to attract users of all skill levels at Programmer's Heaven. I'm hoping that others in the group share your interest in creating tutorial for the language.

Regards,
Andrew

> D does not support 16 bit memory models, and .com files are 16 bit. Currently, D only supports win32 exe and dll executable files. It does not support 16 bit windows nor 32 bit DOS extenders.

I've been playing around with D for a couple of hours now and managed to compile it into a freestanding kernel image. I am thinking of porting my OS to D, and although it's not trivial I believe it can be done.

What I had to do, was to convert D-generated OMF .obj files to COFF using Microsoft's EDITBIN.exe (which comes freely with MASM). Then I use Mingw32's port of ld to link those files into an .elf file, and from there into a binary kernel image. Now I've got it printing 'hello,world!' in a floppy image under bochs (PC emulator)

"Jeroen van Bemmel" <anonymous@somewhere.com> wrote in message news:b0ugnq$2j4s$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> I've been playing around with D for a couple of hours now and managed to compile it into a freestanding kernel image. I am thinking of porting my
OS
> to D, and although it's not trivial I believe it can be done.
>
> What I had to do, was to convert D-generated OMF .obj files to COFF using Microsoft's EDITBIN.exe (which comes freely with MASM). Then I use
Mingw32's
> port of ld to link those files into an .elf file, and from there into a binary kernel image. Now I've got it printing 'hello,world!' in a floppy image under bochs (PC emulator)

Wow!