dmd 1.067 and 2.052 release

Don nospam at nospam.com
Tue Feb 22 12:30:52 PST 2011


phobophile wrote:
> dsimcha Wrote:
> 
>> == Quote from Don (nospam at nospam.com)'s article
>>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>>> Now with 64 bit Linux support! (Though expect problems with it, it's
>>>> brand new.)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/1.0/changelog.html
>>>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.1.067.zip
>>>>
>>>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/changelog.html
>>>> http://ftp.digitalmars.com/dmd.2.052.zip
>>> Eleven man-months to implement a 64-bit backend is pretty impressive, I
>>> reckon. Contratulations, Walter!
>>> BTW despite the emphasis on D2, this release has one of the highest
>>> number of D1 bugfixes, ever.
>> Since when was it even 11?  I thought the first 64 commits weren't until June of
>> last year.
> 
> The guy has been promising 64 bits since over a year ago. WTF is wrong with you? Not that impressive anymore.

The first commit was on 21 June 2010. (All that first commit was, was 
defining the 64 bit register set -- it was really the very beginning of 
implementation). So it's 8 months today.



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