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May 02, 2021
Imperatorn
May 02, 2021
12345swordy
May 02, 2021
Max Haughton
May 02, 2021
Imperatorn
May 03, 2021
Dukc
May 03, 2021
user1234
May 03, 2021
Imperatorn
May 03, 2021
Imperatorn
May 04, 2021
Nathan S.
May 04, 2021
Dennis
May 03, 2021
Imperatorn
May 07, 2021
WebFreak001
May 07, 2021
Walter Bright
May 07, 2021
Dennis
May 13, 2021
Walter Bright
May 02, 2021

If I want D on Windows XP, what can I do?

If I try download dmd it doesn't work. LDC doesn't seem to work either.

Are there any changes I have to do to make it work?

Thanks in advance!

May 02, 2021

On Sunday, 2 May 2021 at 15:04:36 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:

>

If I want D on Windows XP, what can I do?

If I try download dmd it doesn't work. LDC doesn't seem to work either.

Are there any changes I have to do to make it work?

Thanks in advance!

You need to bootstrap yourself in order for it to run on dmd. Good luck.

May 02, 2021

On Sunday, 2 May 2021 at 15:04:36 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:

>

If I want D on Windows XP, what can I do?

If I try download dmd it doesn't work. LDC doesn't seem to work either.

Are there any changes I have to do to make it work?

Thanks in advance!

"Doesn't work" isn't good enough if you want anyone to help you

May 02, 2021

On Sunday, 2 May 2021 at 15:04:36 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:

>

If I want D on Windows XP, what can I do?

If I try download dmd it doesn't work. LDC doesn't seem to work either.

Are there any changes I have to do to make it work?

Thanks in advance!

I modified the PE header (set major version and subsystem to 5) and it worked 🌞

No idea how much ub this causes tho.

May 03, 2021

On Sunday, 2 May 2021 at 18:15:04 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:

>

I modified the PE header (set major version and subsystem to 5) and it worked 🌞

No idea how much ub this causes tho.

Care to explain this in beginner-friendly way? I think it's likely it will help other people with same kinds of problems.

DMD for Windows should work just as well in XP as in later versions, as far as I know. I don't think it depends on any functionality introduced after XP.

May 03, 2021

On Monday, 3 May 2021 at 09:53:42 UTC, Dukc wrote:

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On Sunday, 2 May 2021 at 18:15:04 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:

>

I modified the PE header (set major version and subsystem to 5) and it worked 🌞

No idea how much ub this causes tho.

Care to explain this in beginner-friendly way? I think it's likely it will help other people with same kinds of problems.

DMD for Windows should work just as well in XP as in later versions, as far as I know. I don't think it depends on any functionality introduced after XP.

operating system + druntime bindings might be the only issue.

Support for XP was dropped because it went EOL and that's it.
The compiler itself just needs to read files, write files, call processes and that's it.

May 03, 2021

On Monday, 3 May 2021 at 09:53:42 UTC, Dukc wrote:

>

On Sunday, 2 May 2021 at 18:15:04 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:

>

I modified the PE header (set major version and subsystem to 5) and it worked 🌞

No idea how much ub this causes tho.

Care to explain this in beginner-friendly way? I think it's likely it will help other people with same kinds of problems.

DMD for Windows should work just as well in XP as in later versions, as far as I know. I don't think it depends on any functionality introduced after XP.

Sure, you can use any PE editor or even a hex editor.

I used https://petoolse.github.io/petools/

Open dmd.exe and edit major version and subsystem version (change from 6 to 5).

https://ibb.co/0hpFmd9

Done :)

May 03, 2021

On Monday, 3 May 2021 at 10:43:30 UTC, user1234 wrote:

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On Monday, 3 May 2021 at 09:53:42 UTC, Dukc wrote:

>

On Sunday, 2 May 2021 at 18:15:04 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:

>

I modified the PE header (set major version and subsystem to 5) and it worked 🌞

No idea how much ub this causes tho.

Care to explain this in beginner-friendly way? I think it's likely it will help other people with same kinds of problems.

DMD for Windows should work just as well in XP as in later versions, as far as I know. I don't think it depends on any functionality introduced after XP.

operating system + druntime bindings might be the only issue.

Support for XP was dropped because it went EOL and that's it.
The compiler itself just needs to read files, write files, call processes and that's it.

Yeah, maybe, idk actually.

Imo dmd should be compiled with Major version 5 :>

May 03, 2021
On 5/3/21 6:43 AM, user1234 wrote:
> On Monday, 3 May 2021 at 09:53:42 UTC, Dukc wrote:
>> On Sunday, 2 May 2021 at 18:15:04 UTC, Imperatorn wrote:
>>> I modified the PE header (set major version and subsystem to 5) and it worked 🌞
>>>
>>> No idea how much ub this causes tho.
>>
>> Care to explain this in beginner-friendly way? I think it's likely it will help other people with same kinds of problems.
>>
>> DMD for Windows should work just as well in XP as in later versions, as far as I know. I don't think it depends on any functionality introduced after XP.
> 
> operating system + druntime bindings might be the only issue.
> 
> Support for XP was dropped because it went EOL and that's it.
> The compiler itself just needs to read files, write files, call processes and that's it.

Typically, the reason D stops supporting older OSes is because something changes that is fundamental to the language.

My understanding is that something changed in how thread-local-storage is supported, so XP is no longer valid for the current compilers. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure there was a definite reason for dropping support, even if it wasn't TLS.

Of course, you can still use an older compiler.

-Steve
May 03, 2021
On Monday, 3 May 2021 at 14:10:30 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer wrote:
> On 5/3/21 6:43 AM, user1234 wrote:
>> On Monday, 3 May 2021 at 09:53:42 UTC, Dukc wrote:
>>> [...]
>> 
>> operating system + druntime bindings might be the only issue.
>> 
>> Support for XP was dropped because it went EOL and that's it.
>> The compiler itself just needs to read files, write files, call processes and that's it.
>
> Typically, the reason D stops supporting older OSes is because something changes that is fundamental to the language.
>
> My understanding is that something changed in how thread-local-storage is supported, so XP is no longer valid for the current compilers. I could be wrong, but I'm pretty sure there was a definite reason for dropping support, even if it wasn't TLS.
>
> Of course, you can still use an older compiler.
>
> -Steve

As I said I modified the PE header and dmd seems to run without any problems.

Hard to tell what edge cases there are though.
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