Michel Fortin wrote:
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.)
It would be really nice to be able to build 4-way universal binaries
(that is, x86 and ppc, 32 and 64bit) with dmd for mac os x, but that
feels like it's not going to happen in the nearest future.
