Building for ARM with LDC

[Mike via digitalmars-d-ldc]

On Sunday, 13 July 2014 at 15:29:19 UTC, Dicebot wrote:
> On Sunday, 13 July 2014 at 13:35:19 UTC, Mike wrote:
>> On Arch Linux, the LDC package seems to already include ARM 
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> btw if you have any suggestions for building default gdc / ldc 
> packages in Arch Linux to make those better suitable for 
> embedded experiments, please either write me via 
> public at dicebot.lv or add an issue here : 
> https://github.com/Dicebot/Arch-PKGBUILDs
>
> I am very interested in making this experience as easy to try 
> out as possible for random intrigued by-passers.

I think if users are somehow aware that there will be no runtime 
or phobos it may be ok to create a distributable package.  But if 
user's expect everything to just work, they may come away 
disappointed.

We may be able to bundle the newlib C library and a phony 
object.d for the runtime.  But, I wouldn't want users' first 
experience with D on microcontrollers to leave them with a bad 
taste in their mouth.  I'll have to think about it some more.  
I'm not sure right now.