D versus Objective C Comparison

[Chris R Miller]

Walter Bright wrote:
> Chris R Miller wrote:
>> Walter Bright wrote:
>>> Chris R Miller wrote:
>>>> Also, I do honor the right of reply.  If there's something I have 
>>>> written that is now incorrect or inaccurate I will of course change 
>>>> my page to reflect that.  Heck, all the comparisons in the world are 
>>>> worthless if they aren't accurate!
>>>
>>> Thanks for doing this, it's a nice comparison. But one error is that 
>>> there is a dmd for Linux, and it's as fully supported and capable as 
>>> the windows one. I use it all the time on Ubuntu.
>>
>> Hmm, I didn't think that I was implying that it wasn't supported, but 
>> I have never gotten it to work satisfactorily on Linux with my usual 
>> entourage of libraries, so I just try and ignore it as me "not doing 
>> it right" again.
>>
>> I have clarified that part though, as after re-reading it I see how it 
>> could be taken the wrong way.
> 
> Thanks. But what is the issue you're running into with the Linux dmd?

Primarily that it's difficult (for me) to figure out how to get Tango 
and DSSS working with it.

The compiler is only part of the story - in your defense, I got the 
//compiler// working just fine.  It was my aforementioned entourage of 
libraries that stopped the party.  If I remember correctly the 
showstopper was DWT.  It was Linux 64, and DWT (at least at that point 
in time) wasn't yet 64-bit compatible.  So it didn't work.