OS X Installer

[Michel Fortin]

On 2009-07-24 03:51:50 -0400, Don <nospam at nospam.com> said:

> Walter Bright wrote:
>> Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
>>> This "D" programming language is great because it obviates make.
>> 
>> 
>> Ok, now about make's ability to switch compilers without having to edit 
>> config files?
> 
> I don't do it that way. I can't imagine when you would mix D1 and D2 in 
> a single build.
> Instead, I have a set of trivial scripts to change the symlink for the 
> 'dmd' directory. Nothing else needs to be aware of the compiler 
> version.  From then on, I just use bud.
> 
> I'll be pretty annoyed if the D2 compiler changes its name to DMD2.

My opinion is that the best way forward is to have dmd1, dmd2, and a 
symlink called dmd to one or the other. That way in a makefile you can 
explicitly request for one or the other if you want, but you don't have 
to: you can switch at will.


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Michel Fortin
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