D 64-bit ?

[Denis Koroskin]

On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 16:09:39 +0300, Xinok <xnknet at gmail.com> wrote:

> Robert Fraser wrote:
>> Daniel Ribeiro Maciel wrote:
>>> Who still use a 32-bit computer these days anyways.
>>  Most people.
> Since the topic is here, I'd like to make a suggestion for when to make  
> a 64-bit compiler.
> I think the right time is when D 2.0 is stable and we begin to move away  
> from D 1.0. Instead of jumping straight to D 3.0, we could spend a  
> little time developing a 64-bit compiler for D. It would give us a  
> stable and unstable branch like we have already. And developers could  
> update their code for D 2.0 and 64-bit hardware at the same time.
> Besides, I don't think we should start development on D 3.0 so soon. I  
> think it's better if a language doesn't evolve too quickly. It gives  
> time for developers to get settled in and write stable code for D,  
> without the need to update it every couple of years.

Walter is concentrated on the language (specs and a reference  
implementation).
There is, however, a compiler at works that will have 64bit codegen one  
day:

     http://www.dsource.org/projects/ldc