On 11 August 2015 at 01:15, jmh530 via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d@puremagic.com> wrote: > On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 14:13:53 UTC, Manu wrote: >> >> I really hope this is a top-priority goal for the switch to DDMD. > > > My understanding is that 2.069 is supposed to bring DDMD support. I think > there has been a lot of heated discussion about something that really isn't > that far away. Nevertheless, I think you've made your case well about sort > of merging LDC and DMD. > > One big positive for DMD is that it is very easy to install on Windows. Just > about anyone can get up and running quite easily. It doesn't require the > installation of MSVC (which I can't stand) or Min-GW at all. If DMD and LDC > are sort of merged in the way that you say, I just hope care is taken to > ensure that it is easy for people to get started with it.
I think some care would be taken to bundle the distribution so it's both minimal and convenient for users to install and get started with.