"Andrei Alexandrescu" <seewebsiteforem...@erdani.org> wrote in message news:gj5r9e$do...@digitalmars.com... > Nick Sabalausky wrote: >> "Nick Sabalausky" <a...@a.a> wrote in message >> news:gj1olu$139...@digitalmars.com... >>> "Walter Bright" <newshou...@digitalmars.com> wrote in message >>> news:gj0qht$2lc...@digitalmars.com... >>>> 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? >>> - ARM7/ARM9 >>> - Other misc microcontrollers, like Parallax's Propeller >>> - Mac osx 32 bit intel >>> - *maybe* bsd 32-bit, .net and jvm (and with .net and jvm I'd want to >>> still be able to use tango and phobos, and not be forced to switch to >>> the .net and jvm standard libs) >> >> To elaborate: >> >> 1. A "systems language" that doesn't compile to any embedded >> microcontroller seems more than a little bit silly to me. (Sad as it is >> to say, I don't think GDC counts anymore.) >> >> 2. I have absolutely zero interest in 64-bit. To the people annoyed at >> the limitations of the 32-bit address space: What in the world are you >> working on? Non-linear video editors and 3D modeling packages? > > I have to say I'm appalled by this, particularly coming from someone who > ought to know better. Should we really settle our ambitions with computers > to glorified typewriters, networking tools, and the such? >
I never said D shouldn't have 64-bit support, I just don't personally have any interest in it. I've done a lot of work on "low-end" systems and older platforms, and frankly *I'm* appalled by how much a lot of developers underestimate a piece of hardware just because it isn't the latest and greatest (and most expensive). Like I indicated, I'm well aware that there are legitimate applications for 64-bit, such as non-linear video editing and 3D modeling (and DBs, servers, and *with caveats* certain types of gaming.) But first of all, I haven't been working on such things, hence my lack of personal interest. And secondly, judging by number of people here asking for 64-bit, I find it highly unlikely that most of them have plans to work on such things either.