compiler for ubuntu x86-64

2012-11-23 Thread Mark Morss
Hello to all. I have just purchased a copy of Andrei A's book on D and I'm about halfway through it. I have some projects in mind to which I would like to apply this very interesting language. I am working on an 8-core machine with x86-64 chips and Ubuntu 10.04. Am I right that there is no dm

Re: compiler for ubuntu x86-64

2012-11-23 Thread Adam D. Ruppe
On Friday, 23 November 2012 at 17:56:49 UTC, Mark Morss wrote: Am I right that there is no dmd binary available for my machine?? I only see i386 and amd64 options when I look at the binary download options. amd64 and x86-64 are the same thing, so this should work: http://ftp.digitalmars.com/d

Re: compiler for ubuntu x86-64

2012-11-23 Thread Timon Gehr
On 11/23/2012 06:56 PM, Mark Morss wrote: Hello to all. I have just purchased a copy of Andrei A's book on D and I'm about halfway through it. I have some projects in mind to which I would like to apply this very interesting language. I am working on an 8-core machine with x86-64 chips and Ubun

Re: compiler for ubuntu x86-64

2012-11-23 Thread Jordi Sayol
Al 23/11/12 19:02, En/na Adam D. Ruppe ha escrit: > > I think the source is in the .deb too but I'm not sure (I haven't actually > used it) > deb packages contains druntime and phobos sources just as headers. -- Jordi Sayol

Re: compiler for ubuntu x86-64

2012-11-23 Thread Mark Morss
My thanks to all who answered. Clearly, it was a case of ignorance on my part. I'll download and install the amd64 binary. Concerning "does not execute that well," I should have said, "that fast." My experience with compiled languages has been that depending on the compiler you use, you can