Walter Bright wrote:
> Lester L. Martin The 2nd wrote:
>> my unzip program is wierd then.  It will first replace the folder(removing files inside) and then it will put the new files inside. I have problems do the install you do and so every time I upgrade to a new D I end up having to reinstall everything after uninstalling every thing.  If that is the way Walter intended it then I need to find a better zip program. 
> 
> You need a better one.

I've been personally using WinRAR for years now.  I do recommend it.

http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

(Incidentally, I'm also fond of the actual .rar format as well, for my personal use.)

-- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
> I've been personally using WinRAR for years now.  I do recommend it.
> 
> http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm

Hey, me too!

--bb

Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Lester L. Martin The 2nd wrote:
>>> my unzip program is wierd then.  It will first replace the folder(removing files inside) and then it will put the new files inside. I have problems do the install you do and so every time I upgrade to a new D I end up having to reinstall everything after uninstalling every thing.  If that is the way Walter intended it then I need to find a better zip program. 
>>
>> You need a better one.
> 
> I've been personally using WinRAR for years now.  I do recommend it.
> 
> http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
> 
> (Incidentally, I'm also fond of the actual .rar format as well, for my personal use.)
> 
> -- Chris Nicholson-Sauls

Wikipedia has a good comparison of file archives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers


I recommend 7-zip, http://www.7-zip.org/

WinRAR is shareware. 7-zip is freeware. The RAR format is open source for decompression only. The 7z format is fully open source.

Walter Bright Wrote:

> I've been using it for a month now, and it seems to work. I'm especially interested in the experiences of those on a multicore cpu.
> 
> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip

Walter I've tested the new linker against my larger proects (VariantStruct, Diva, and RandomData) on my Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 CPU (both running at 2.13Mhz each) under WinVista Ultimate, and it compiles and runs the D code without any problems.

Thanks for working on this! :)

David L. Davis

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David L. Davis wrote:
> Walter Bright Wrote:
> 
>> I've been using it for a month now, and it seems to work. I'm especially interested in the experiences of those on a multicore cpu.
>>
>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip
> 
> Walter I've tested the new linker against my larger proects (VariantStruct, Diva, and RandomData) on my Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 CPU (both running at 2.13Mhz each) under WinVista Ultimate, and it compiles and runs the D code without any problems. 
> 
> Thanks for working on this! :)

I'm just glad I can generate a working linker from the source. I've started a background project to translate it to D. Any significant improvements to it would have to be in the D version.

Tried the new linker:

http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip

In release mode (-d -O -inline -release), it works, and generate the exe file.
But when running the program (using wxd, 0.09 version), the main UI window
doesn't show up.

In debug mode (-d -g -gc -debug), it errors out:
Unexpected OPTLINK Termination at EIP=00412793

GDC (under MingW32) works in both debug & release mode on the same system.

Bradley Smith wrote:
> Chris Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Lester L. Martin The 2nd wrote:
>>>> my unzip program is wierd then.  It will first replace the folder(removing files inside) and then it will put the new files inside. I have problems do the install you do and so every time I upgrade to a new D I end up having to reinstall everything after uninstalling every thing.  If that is the way Walter intended it then I need to find a better zip program. 
>>>
>>> You need a better one.
>>
>> I've been personally using WinRAR for years now.  I do recommend it.
>>
>> http://www.rarlab.com/download.htm
>>
>> (Incidentally, I'm also fond of the actual .rar format as well, for my personal use.)
>>
>> -- Chris Nicholson-Sauls
> 
> Wikipedia has a good comparison of file archives: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_file_archivers
> 
> 
> I recommend 7-zip, http://www.7-zip.org/
> 
> WinRAR is shareware. 7-zip is freeware. The RAR format is open source for decompression only. The 7z format is fully open source.

I seem to remember the 7-zip app wasn't so great back when I decided to go with WinRar.  Looks like it's caught up quite a bit.  WinRar can only make RAR and ZIP.  7-zip can create the unixy formats too, which is cool.   Go go open source!

--bb

%u wrote:
> Tried the new linker:
> 
> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip
> 
> In release mode (-d -O -inline -release), it works, and generate the exe file.
> But when running the program (using wxd, 0.09 version), the main UI window
> doesn't show up.
> 
> In debug mode (-d -g -gc -debug), it errors out:
> Unexpected OPTLINK Termination at EIP=00412793

What happens with the old linker?

Walter Bright wrote:
> I've been using it for a month now, and it seems to work. I'm especially interested in the experiences of those on a multicore cpu.
> 
> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip

Is this the program which would "never ever" be upgraded?

Don Clugston wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
>> I've been using it for a month now, and it seems to work. I'm especially interested in the experiences of those on a multicore cpu.
>>
>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/Digital_Mars_C++/Patch/beta.zip
> 
> Is this the program which would "never ever" be upgraded?

Yes.