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[Andrei Alexandrescu]

BLS wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
> 
>> Bill Baxter wrote:
>>> On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 3:55 PM, John Reimer <terminal.node at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Hello Bill,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I think the build time of dwt apps is a much bigger issue right now
>>>>> than the size of exes.  The size of exes can be reduced using hacks
>>>>> like upx, but there is no fix for the long build times as far as I
>>>>> know.
>>>>>
>>>>> --bb
>>>>>
>>>> Totally agree.  The size is just an annoyance.  But currently the build
>>>> times are pretty bad.  Recently, I've been frustrating over this especially
>>>> while working on the Browser port.  Everytime I want to test a fix, I have
>>>> to recompile... which takes ages.  This seems to be partly due to the dsss
>>>> dependency (recent version is sloooow).  I've been thinking of adding some
>>>> sort of shell script or "make" file to see if this can be improved... at
>>>> least for sanities' sake. :-(
>>>>
>>>> -JJR
>>> Build times with the new dsss push me way past the sanity point, so
>>> I've gone back to 0.76, which I think may have never been released.  I
>>> think I built it myself from sources.
>>>
>>> Build times with 0.76 are just barely tolerable with my app.  But my
>>> colleague was telling me today that he wants to do his work on a
>>> small, non-DWT test app instead of the main app because the build
>>> times are too frustrating for him.
>>>
>>> If I were forced to use the latest DSSS, I'd defnitely be trying to do
>>> whatever I could to improve the build times, including using "make" if
>>> that's what it took.
>>>
>>> Hmm... Now that dmd -v will spit out all the modules imported, it
>>> might be possible to use that to create a makefile (or a make.deps for
>>> use by a makefile) automatically.
>>>
>>> --bb
>> I suggest people to try rdmd out. It comes with the standard 
>> distribution and I'd want to improve it based on feedback.
>>
>> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/rdmd.html
>>
>> Andrei
> Hi , 
> atm I am not at home but I have a nice Windows popen() emulation  based on windows pipes, so not exactly the same, but imo good enough. I can send you the sources when I am back in france. Or just google for popen windows pipes. would be a nice to have rdmd as windoxs too
> björn
> fighting with different kezbqrd lqouts 

A cursory search does not yield the holy grail, so I'll be grateful if 
you followed up, preferably with a nicely packaged implementation :o). 
Thanks!

Andrei