I'd like to try D, but...

[Neal Becker]

Sean Kelly wrote:

> Jacob Carlborg Wrote:
> 
>> On 2010-06-23 15:42, Neal Becker wrote:
>> > My main interest is building python-callable modules (which I currently
>> > do
>> > with C++/boost::python).  Problem is, D can't be used for this, because
>> > it
>> > can't produce shared libraries (except on i386).  This is, as I
>> > understand it, because the D library/libraries are not built as PIC.
>> >
>> > This issue has been around for a _long_ time now.  Is there any hope?
>> 
>> Shared/dynamic libraries are working fine on Mac OS X with Tango. It
>> also works with D2 with some modifications:
>> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=4080
> 
> Oops, I suppose I should take care of that ticket :-)

Is a similar patch going to work on other systems (Linux?)