On 22 August 2013 13:37, Tyler Jameson Little <beatgammit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Thursday, 22 August 2013 at 03:07:39 UTC, Manu wrote:

But there's still no LDC binary there... where is it?

This needs to be fixed. You can argue I'm retarded and ignorant, but as an
end user, it should take me no more than 5 seconds to find the download
button.

Agreed. Some may not be as persistent as you...

Most, I'd imagine. Especially if they're a new user (the most important kind!) who don't have a vested interest in D.

I suggest, on the front page of dlang.org, there should be a MASSIVE
button: "DOWNLOAD D COMPILERS", and the download page should be tweaked to
be more obviously compiler agnostic.

I'm not too sure about this. DMD is the reference compiler, so people should be using that for learning, then graduate to GDC or LDC if they need something faster.

So put it first, but the others should be visible.

The other compilers need to be used. How will people find/report bugs if they don't use them?

I've also heard many argue that LDC should be the reference compiler. And I'm inclined to agree.

Either way, they need prominent placement so people know they exist, and they get tested.