On Sunday, 5 May 2019 at 03:45:41 UTC, Mike Franklin wrote:
In an attempt to put some impetus behind an idea that I've
proposed multiple times on the forum, I've resurrected my
utiliD repository: https://github.com/JinShil/utiliD I
decided to resurrect the repository after this brief
discussion:
https://forum.dlang.org/post/bjycwgrifumsfrhpr...@forum.dlang.org
The idea behind the library is that it would not depend on
druntime, phobos, C standard library, or anything else but
would still offer many of the features that those libraries
provide. To utilize the library, one would only need a D
compiler. It could be used in bare-metal programming, -betterC
builds, or as a fundamental utility library for implementing
DMD, druntime, and phobos themselves.
It's what I envision as a potential seed for Andrei's opt-in
continuum
(https://forum.dlang.org/post/q7j4sl$17pe$1...@digitalmars.com).
I don't know what will ultimately happen with this library, if
anything, but even if all it does is facilitate brainstorming
of ideas, or as the genesis of some better idea, it will be a
success.
I don't have much time to work on it right now, as I'm
currently preoccupied fixing the compiler and the druntime to
make something like utiliD possible, but if others grok the
idea and want to help make it a reality, your help is most
welcome.
Also, if any of you have already started something with the
same goals, I'll be happy to drop this repository and join you.
You can find me on Slack and Discord using the handle JinShil
if you wish to have a dialog about this.
Mike
Hi Mike,
you may remember that I'm working on a library named "tanya"
(https://github.com/caraus-ecms/tanya). It is now almost
phobos-free and I reimplemented some routines from libc for
x86-64 linux. Ideally I'd like to get rid of libc for some
platforms. While the library isn't interesting for you since it's
too high-level, it could be based on something like utilD. So, as
for me, I'd be very much interested in collective effort in this
direction and can contribute.
