Intel Based Macs and DMD?

[John Reimer]

Anders F Björklund wrote:
> Mike Parker wrote:
> 
>>> Walter, with the Intel Macs out now, is there a chance we could see a 
>>> DMD version for them?  You did it for Linux a couple of years ago; 
>>> can you do it for Mac (Darwin is a FreeBSD derivative)?  Can the DMD 
>>> backend handle that platform?
>>
>> This would be an awesome thing for me. It would bring me much, much 
>> closer to actually using D for a commercial project.
> 
> Feel free to use GDC in the meantime, though. Perhaps not as "tight"
> or fast as the DMD compiler, but it *is* available (since last year):
> 
> http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gdcmac/gdc-0.17-mac-universal.dmg
> (see http://www.apple.com/universal/, means: "both powerpc and i686")
> 
> --anders


But doesn't Darwin have a Linux compatibility layer equivalent to 
FreeBSD?  It may be easier to get DMD working on Darwin then we realize 
now that Intel is the processor base.  GDC is good, but DMD would be 
better for this machine for a number of reasons.

I have a Darwin 8.01 virtual machine installed in my vmware workstation, 
but I'm not sure how to get DMD in there and tested.  I don't know how 
to get the linux compatibility layer installed and set up either.

-JJR