Smartphones and D

[Iain Buclaw]

== Quote from Daniel Gibson (metalcaedes at gmail.com)'s article
> Am 30.01.2011 13:29, schrieb Michel Fortin:
> > On 2011-01-30 03:05:59 -0500, Gary Whatmore <no at spam.sp> said:
> >
> >> D's main focus currently is 32-bit x86 servers and desktop
> >> applications. This is where the big market has traditionally been. Not
> >> everyone has 64-bit hardware and I have my doubts about the size of
> >> the smartphone markets.
> >
> > I think the important point here is ARM, not smartphones.
> >
> > ARM processors will soon start to enter other markets, mainly the server
> > and laptop markets,
> I'm not sure about these markets, because ARM is stuck to 32bit, 64bit
> ARM seems to be (almost?) impossible as far as I know.
> Nevertheless, ARM is pretty important and being able to use D on ARM
> devices would be great.
> Seeing how long it takes to port DMD to x86_64 I think there won't be a
> port to ARM in the foreseeable  future.
> Fixing GDC to have proper ARM support seems doable, though.
> Cheers,
> - Daniel

As far as I'm aware, it's fixing Druntime to have proper ARM support that is the
first hurdle. Though time will tell just exactly what in heavens is going wrong
in the GC. :)

Regards
Iain