"Iain Buclaw" <ibuc...@ubuntu.com> wrote in message > I think it starts with a runtime library that is written for the given > architecture in mind. The compiler is already there in my opinion, > and I have seen little reason for it not to be.
Is the compiler really ready? Assuming that it's possible to build gdc as (for eg) an avr cross compiler, you'll still need support for: - 16 bit pointers - program memory - interrupts - IO registers - stripping out typeinfo/moduleinfo - issuing errors for unsupported features - inline assembler If gdc can do most of this already, that's great - but I doubt it can do all of it.
