D hates to be dynamic linked

[Jacob Carlborg]

On 2010-02-20 16.53, Steve Teale wrote:
> On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:41:20 -0500, g wrote:
>
>> it is a real pain trying to make a plugin from d. I love D2 but I would
>> even abandon it if there is solution with a compiler that at least
>> supports D1 and has a solution for dynamic linking.
>
> There's no way through. I was well on the way to something like Tomcat
> for D when it dawned on me that which ever way you turn, there's no
> support for dynamic loading - GDC included (shared libraries don't work).

I've made a few dynamic libraries on Mac OS X that work.

> I tried to get some attention for this problem again a couple of weeks
> ago (see the "special treat" thread), and everyone who replied said "yes,
> we really need this", but Walter does not want to go there.
>
> I just don't understand why this is not at the top of the urgent problems
> list, unless as I've said before D is just a language that forms a basis
> for the discussion of cool features that should be in compilers. If
> that's the case we can all continue to visit the D newsgroups for some
> intellectual stimulation (in Brit speak that's called intellectual
> wanking). But for the job, we're stuck with C++, C#, or Java.
>
> So sad!
>
> Steve