On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 06:00:14PM -0500, Jonathan M Davis wrote: > On Monday, February 20, 2012 15:00:28 H. S. Teoh wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 20, 2012 at 05:25:28PM -0500, Jonathan M Davis wrote: > > > On Monday, February 20, 2012 22:36:49 Benjamin Thaut wrote: > > > > 1) Is there a chance that dmd will support 64 bit on windows any > > > > time soon? What are the issues currently with 64 bit support on > > > > windows? (optlink? backend?) > > > > > > Neither support 64-bit. So, the changes required to the toolchain > > > are _far_ greater for 64-bit Windows than the Posix OSes. It'll > > > come eventually, but probably not for a while. > > > > [...] > > > > Does gdc support 64-bit? AFAIK it should, since it uses the gcc > > backend. > > As I understand it, it does, but I've never used it. [...]
Well, I guess my question was more along the lines of, does it provide any 64-bit specific advantages? I've been using gdc as my main D compiler, and I'm running 64-bit Linux. Seems to work fine. T -- If you want to solve a problem, you need to address its root cause, not just its symptoms. Otherwise it's like treating cancer with Tylenol...