Usablility of GDC ARM

Anders Bergh anders1 at gmail.com
Sat Sep 15 05:15:43 PDT 2007


On 9/12/07, John Demme <me at teqdruid.com> wrote:
> I've heard talk about people using GDC on ARM chips.  I might be starting a
> project soon on a Gumstix machine, which uses an XScale chip, which is
> ARMv5TE architecture (PXA207, I think).
>
> Anyway, I'd like to be able to program in D.  Is anyone using GDC on ARM?
> XScale, specifically?  What version of GDC?  Does anyone know if Tango
> works on ARM?  Is it usable, robust?  I'd like to setup a cross-compiler.
> Is this doable, easy?
>
> Basically, I'm looking for someone with experience for GDC on ARM to comment
> on the experience.
>
> Thanks.
>
> --
> ~John Demme
> me at teqdruid.com
>
>
I've set up a GDC cross compiler for the Nintendo DS, which has two
ARM CPU's. I couldn't get either Phobos or Tango working, since I was
running without an OS and so a bunch of stuff was missing. Really
simple D apps would work though.

Anders


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