D Cross Compiler

Iain Buclaw ibuclaw at ubuntu.com
Wed Apr 13 16:30:24 PDT 2011


== Quote from Brendan Simon (eTRIX) (brendan.simon at etrix.com.au)'s article
> On 14/04/11 5:00 AM, d.gnu-request at puremagic.com wrote:
> > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:12:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Iain Buclaw
> > <ibuclaw at ubuntu.com> == Quote from Brendan Simon (eTRIX)
> > (brendan.simon at etrix.com.au)'s article
> >> > Can D be used in low-level drivers for Linux or other RTOS (e.g.
> >> > freertos) ??
> > D is not really suitable for a freestanding environment. Especially if you intend
> > to use any non-POD features of the language (C++ has the same problem too).
> POD ??  Not sure what you mean here.  I searched wikipedia.  Is it
> "Plain Old Data" as in standard C data types and structures ??
> So is it possible to use D in a limited capacity for a bare-metal, or
> low-level (rtos/kernel, driver) environment ??

Yes an no for the same reasons C++ is suitable for such a task.

It probably *could* be done (see the XOMB exo-kernel project), but requires you
implement a bespoke runtime, not use the one that comes bundled with DMD/GDC.


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