ldc and gdc

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 04-08-2011 15:43, Adam Ruppe wrote:
> LDC and GDC are both alive and pretty well up to date with D2. They
> have some advantages that make them favored to some people.
>
> But, they are kinda hard to find and get to a point where you can use
> them. dmd is trivially easy to "install" and use. You just download it
> and run, and it just works in the vast majority of cases.
>
>
> Are there binary packages available for their D2 builds, complete
> with phobos and druntime, for both Windows and Linux? I'd really like
> to see binary zips of them comparable to dmd in ease of use.
>
> Once they exist, can we get them linked to in the main changelog or
> something similar?
>
>
> Basically, I want them to be mostly equal alternatives to dmd so
> people can pick from the three with ease. Then, when people complain
> "gdc is out of date" we can say "actually, it's right there in the
> change log right next to dmd". When people say "I'd prefer ldc
> to dmd", we can say "that's ok, it's right there, make any choice
> you like".
>
> It seems to me to be a relatively easy answer to a lot of reddit,
> etc. questions.

On a slightly related note, it would be cool to have LDC and GDC hosted 
under the GitHub organization. Having everything in one place would make 
everyone's life easier. I think the LDC folks have been moving towards this.

- Alex