Hi all!

LLVM 3.9 has been released! See the release notes here: http://www.llvm.org/releases/3.9.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
Downloads: http://www.llvm.org/releases/download.html#3.9.0

Also note that LDC is mentioned in the release notes as the only external project who is already supporting LLVM 3.9: http://www.llvm.org/releases/3.9.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html#ldc-the-llvm-based-d-compiler
There are still surfacing some problems with LLVM 3.9, but you can try for yourself: Just recompile LDC using master or ltsmaster branch from GitHub to use this new LLVM release.

This is the 9th time that LDC and D are mentioned in the LLVM release notes!

Regards,
Kai

On Sunday, 4 September 2016 at 17:18:10 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
> Hi all!
>
> LLVM 3.9 has been released! See the release notes here: http://www.llvm.org/releases/3.9.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
> Downloads: http://www.llvm.org/releases/download.html#3.9.0
>
> Also note that LDC is mentioned in the release notes as the only external project who is already supporting LLVM 3.9: http://www.llvm.org/releases/3.9.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html#ldc-the-llvm-based-d-compiler
> There are still surfacing some problems with LLVM 3.9, but you can try for yourself: Just recompile LDC using master or ltsmaster branch from GitHub to use this new LLVM release.
>
> This is the 9th time that LDC and D are mentioned in the LLVM release notes!
>
> Regards,
> Kai

K-A-I R-U-L-E-Z
K-A-I R-U-L-E-Z
K-A-I R-U-L-E-Z

On Monday, 5 September 2016 at 05:07:25 UTC, Emre Temelkuran wrote:
> On Sunday, 4 September 2016 at 17:18:10 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
>> Hi all!
>>
>> LLVM 3.9 has been released! See the release notes here: http://www.llvm.org/releases/3.9.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html
>> Downloads: http://www.llvm.org/releases/download.html#3.9.0
>>
>> Also note that LDC is mentioned in the release notes as the only external project who is already supporting LLVM 3.9: http://www.llvm.org/releases/3.9.0/docs/ReleaseNotes.html#ldc-the-llvm-based-d-compiler
>> There are still surfacing some problems with LLVM 3.9, but you can try for yourself: Just recompile LDC using master or ltsmaster branch from GitHub to use this new LLVM release.
>>
>> This is the 9th time that LDC and D are mentioned in the LLVM release notes!
>>
>> Regards,
>> Kai
>
> K-A-I R-U-L-E-Z
> K-A-I R-U-L-E-Z
> K-A-I R-U-L-E-Z

Thanks! It is the LDC team which which rulez! I am just trying to advocate LDC and D a bit...

Kai

On Sunday, 4 September 2016 at 17:18:10 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
>
> This is the 9th time that LDC and D are mentioned in the LLVM release notes!
>

lol, how does it help?)))

On Tuesday, 6 September 2016 at 09:21:06 UTC, eugene wrote:
> On Sunday, 4 September 2016 at 17:18:10 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
>>
>> This is the 9th time that LDC and D are mentioned in the LLVM release notes!
>>
>
> lol, how does it help?)))

There are lot of projects using LLVM [1]. The fact that LDC if often cited in the release notes means that it's one of the best. This is free advertisement, as the LLVM release notes are read by PL people that may not know D. The fact that LDC is recognized as one of the most important LLVM projects also means that the LLVM folks will try to help the LDC folks when needed.

[1] http://llvm.org/ProjectsWithLLVM/

On Tuesday, 6 September 2016 at 09:42:11 UTC, Lodovico Giaretta wrote:
>
> There are lot of projects using LLVM [1]. The fact that LDC if often cited in the release notes means that it's one of the best. This is free advertisement, as the LLVM release notes are read by PL people that may not know D. The fact that LDC is recognized as one of the most important LLVM projects also means that the LLVM folks will try to help the LDC folks when needed.
>
> [1] http://llvm.org/ProjectsWithLLVM/

i dont think counting each time when ldc and d are mentioned in llvm community will help ldc and d to become popular)))

On 2016-09-06 10:51:16 +0000, eugene said:

> i dont think counting each time when ldc and d are mentioned in llvm community will help ldc and d to become popular)))

And now?

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On Wednesday, 7 September 2016 at 07:04:15 UTC, Robert M. Münch wrote:
> And now?

and now the same i think)))

On Tuesday, 6 September 2016 at 10:51:16 UTC, eugene wrote:
> On Tuesday, 6 September 2016 at 09:42:11 UTC, Lodovico Giaretta wrote:
>>
>> There are lot of projects using LLVM [1]. The fact that LDC if often cited in the release notes means that it's one of the best. This is free advertisement, as the LLVM release notes are read by PL people that may not know D. The fact that LDC is recognized as one of the most important LLVM projects also means that the LLVM folks will try to help the LDC folks when needed.
>>
>> [1] http://llvm.org/ProjectsWithLLVM/
>
> i dont think counting each time when ldc and d are mentioned in llvm community will help ldc and d to become popular)))

News ticker often refer to the LLVM release notes. E.g. the Heise news ticker (http://www.heise.de/) always reports about a new LLVM release. But I never succeded to place a new LDC release into the ticker. It's simply a good way to more people and get some advertising.

With every new LDC release I inform LLVM Weekly (http://llvmweekly.org/), too, which is a widely read news letter. From one of these source, news about LDC spread to other sites like phoronix (http://phoronix.com/).

Maybe counting of each reference is a bit childish (but fun). The real question is:

What do YOU do to advocate D?

Regards,
Kai

On Thursday, 8 September 2016 at 20:46:57 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
>
> What do YOU do to advocate D?
>

What i do to advocate D is nothing, as D is not to be advocated but to be useful as a programming language))) My idea is simple: if it is useful then people will use it.)))