LDC for iOS

[Chris via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Thursday, 26 February 2015 at 18:35:00 UTC, Dan Olson wrote:
> I think this all is in good enough shape that someone else 
> should give
> it a try.
>
> https://github.com/smolt/ldc-iphone-dev
>
> This is an LDC development sandbox for iPhone iOS.
>
> It glues together various pieces needed to build an LDC cross 
> compiler
> targeting iPhoneOS.  It also includes a few samples to show how 
> to get
> started. The compiler and libraries are in good enough shape to 
> pass the
> druntime/phobos unittests with a few minor test failures (see 
> project
> README.md).  This means someone could, if so inclined, build 
> their D
> library and use it in an iOS App.
>
> Currently based on LDC 0.15.1 (DMD v2.066.1) and LLVM 3.5.1.
>
> There are no prebuild binaries, so you have to do it yourself.  
> Nobody
> has reported yet on trying to build beside me, so there may be 
> potholes.
>
> Enjoy,
> Dan

Thank you very much! Although I cannot test it right now (working 
mainly on Linux), I will soon give it a go, because we've been 
asked several times whether one of our apps will be available on 
the iPhone/iPad one day.

This is very important work and, again, I thank you for your 
efforts.