The Computer Languages Shootout Game

[Iain Buclaw]

== Quote from Diego Cano Lagneaux (d.cano.lagneaux at gmail.com)'s article
> En Wed, 03 Nov 2010 21:36:10 +0100, J=C3=A9r=C3=B4me M. Berger <jeberger=
> @free.fr>  =
> escribi=C3=B3:
> > Diego Cano Lagneaux wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> Of which there are very few. A linux distro or community repository=
> >>>> cannot distribute dmd at all, it is prohibited by the license. This=
>  is
> >>>> primarily a practical issue, not an ideological one.
> >>>
> >>> Right.. I forgot the issue is also practical. If DigitalMars doesn't=
> >>> allow redistribution, they simply cannot include it even if they  =
> >>> wanted.
> >>>
> >> ArchLinux includes dmd (version 1) in its community repo. It does not=
> >> seem so impossible as you say.
> >
> > 	Are you sure? Here, "yaourt -Ss dmd" only show results from AUR
> > (which means that they download from DigitalMars anyway)
> >
> > 		Jerome
> Using pacman to avoid AUR results:
> ~> pacman -Ss dmd
> community/dmd 1.058-1
>      The Digital Mars D compiler.

Flashplayer is distributed via installing a "download, unpack and install" script
on systems. There's nothing stopping vendors from using the same technique for DMD.

Iain