Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"Michel Fortin" <michel.for...@michelf.com> wrote in message
news:gj595s$2ba...@digitalmars.com...
On 2008-12-25 15:30:52 -0500, Walter Bright <newshou...@digitalmars.com>
said:
What platforms for dmd would you be most interested in using?
.net
jvm
mac osx 32 bit intel
mac osx 64 bit intel
linux 64 bit
windows 64 bit
freebsd 32 bit
netbsd 32 bit
other?
I'm on a PowerPC Mac right now so none of this is going to be very useful
to me.
That said, I'd be very happy if I could bundle a good D compiler with my D
plugin for Xcode, even if it's Intel-only. Currently, the only option is
GDC which isn't very appealing in its current state. GDC has one advantage
though: it's super easy to build universal binaries (PowerPC + Intel
architecture in one executable). Having an Intel-only compiler is a
disadvantage when developing Mac apps. A consolation is that this will
fade over time as PowerPC Macs will get replaced by new ones.
So in my order of preference:
Mac OS X 32 bit PowerPC
Mac OS X 32 bit Intel
Mac OS X 64 bit Intel
Mac OS X 64 bit PowerPC
(Not that I expect to see DMD generate PowerPC code in a near future.)
Ordinarily, I would agree with the need for PowerPC Mac support. But when
one spends time in the Apple world, they really need to accept the fact that
their systems will become abandoned at break-neck speed. That's just the way
the Apple world works these days, and that will continue to be standard
procedure for at least as long as Jobs in in charge.
There's nothing new. It was standard procedure when I programmed Macs in
1993-94. Apple has never given a damn about backwards compatibility.
