[Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-04 Thread Iain Buclaw
My worst kept secret is out. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk2NA

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-04 Thread Andrew Wiley
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:50 PM, Iain Buclaw wrote: > My worst kept secret is out. > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk2NA > :D x 1000

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-04 Thread Jonathan M Davis
On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 03:50:35 Iain Buclaw wrote: > My worst kept secret is out. > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk2NA *Sigh* They gave the link to the old site rather than the d-programming- language.org, and since www.digitialmars.com only redirects on the main

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-04 Thread Caligo
On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:55 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: > On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 03:50:35 Iain Buclaw wrote: > > My worst kept secret is out. > > > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk2NA > > *Sigh* They gave the link to the old site rather than the d-programming- > la

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-04 Thread Jacob Carlborg
On 2011-10-05 05:50, Iain Buclaw wrote: My worst kept secret is out. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk2NA This is great news. -- /Jacob Carlborg

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-05 Thread dsimcha
On 10/4/2011 11:50 PM, Iain Buclaw wrote: My worst kept secret is out. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk2NA Awesome! Two things, though: 1. When will this actually happen? Is GCC 4.7 going to have GDC in it? 2. How will the impedance mismatch between DMD Front End's

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-05 Thread Iain Buclaw
== Quote from dsimcha (dsim...@yahoo.com)'s article > On 10/4/2011 11:50 PM, Iain Buclaw wrote: > > My worst kept secret is out. > > > > http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk2NA > Awesome! Two things, though: > 1. When will this actually happen? Is GCC 4.7 going to have GDC in i

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-05 Thread Robert McGinley
Why not just write a redirect rule from the old D pages to the new ones? On Oct 4, 2011, at 11:55 PM, Jonathan M Davis wrote: > On Wednesday, October 05, 2011 03:50:35 Iain Buclaw wrote: >> My worst kept secret is out. >> >> http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=OTk2NA > > *Sigh* T

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-05 Thread Nick Sabalausky
"dsimcha" wrote in message news:j6hkec$7lb$1...@digitalmars.com... > > 2. How will the impedance mismatch between DMD Front End's fast release > cycle and GCC's slower release cycle be handled? I'm definitely not going > to use the "official" version of GDC packaged with my Linux distro or >

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-05 Thread Andrej Mitrovic
Maybe if this was posted on Reddit it would get some vocal support and give the GNU guys reassurance that D is a sought-after language. Anyway this is great news! Congrats to Iain Buclaw and anyone else who helped.

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-06 Thread Leandro Lucarella
Andrej Mitrovic, el 6 de octubre a las 00:34 me escribiste: > Maybe if this was posted on Reddit it would get some vocal support and > give the GNU guys reassurance that D is a sought-after language. > > Anyway this is great news! Congrats to Iain Buclaw and anyone else who helped. Great news in

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-06 Thread Steve Teale
Iain, You've made a cross for yourself there! If you need help with grunt tasks - like a broken piece of D code with a decent description of the problem, or even grunter, I might be able to help. As you know, I've been in those muddy waters before with nobody to even consult. With a guru like y

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-06 Thread Trass3r
Just as a matter of interest, how do you rate GDC 2.055 for speed alongside the Linux DMD. Of course it is way faster. You should compare with gcc instead.

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-07 Thread Steve Teale
Are you saying that GDC is way faster? But I take your point. Steve

Re: [Phoronix] Merging In The GNU D Language Compiler To GCC

2011-10-07 Thread Trass3r
Am 07.10.2011, 13:28 Uhr, schrieb Steve Teale : Are you saying that GDC is way faster? Yep. Especially for floating point calculations. Worst-case scenario for dmd: http://www.mail-archive.com/digitalmars-d@puremagic.com/msg61860.html (be sure to read through the whole thread though, I refi