ldc and gdc

[Caligo]

On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Alex Rønne Petersen <xtzgzorex at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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 "gdc is out of date" we can say "actually, it's right there in the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
>

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