LDC2 Status

[dsimcha]

On 2/23/2011 3:00 PM, Alexey Prokhin wrote:
>> LDC2 Status
> LDC2 passes almost all phobos unittests and tests from dmd suite on linux x86. Also it probably works on freebsd, but it's broken on other platforms and architectures.
> I currently work on linux X86_64 port: ldc2 already compiles druntime and phobos, although there are some serious issues with GC (which make ldc2 quite useless on 64 bits).
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> Trass3r Wrote:
>> Also I got the feeling that LDC2 has been hastily updated to the newest dmd frontend without verifying each upgrade step by step and now things are subtly broken.
> When I started to work on ldc2, it was in terrible state (it did not even compile). So, yes, I decided to update ldc to the latest dmd frontend at the time. But after that every frontend merge was thoroughly tested using phobos unittests and dmd test suite.
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> I need a hand with writing a good building instruction. If you want to help, send me a letter, I'll talk you through building process.
> By the way, druntime and phobos with ldc2 patches can be found here: https://github.com/AlexeyProkhin.

Still can't get druntime to compile.  The readme file in runtime/ is 
horribly outdated.  I cloned your github repo, and tried a few things, 
but I have no clue where I should put it, or how to build it.  It looks 
like the make file is still for DMD.