64 bit DMD binary on the Mac

[Robert Clipsham]

On 28/06/2011 20:39, Walter Bright wrote:
> 1. It cuts the testing time in half. This is a significant deal for me,
> as adding another hour to the test cycle slows things down a lot.

Definitely worth investigating then!

> 2. It speeds downloading the dmd package.

Of course the real solution for this one is to offer individual 
packages. If you're on OS X, why on earth would you want binaries for 
Windows/Linux32/Linux64/FreeBSD and the libraries to go with them? And 
why would you want to download a large zip file when you can download a 
tarball and have it be a fraction of the size (and work just as well out 
of the box as a zip). Or even better a .dmg or .pkg.

> The only reason to have a 32 bit binary is if there are x86 Macs 10.5 or
> later that are incapable of running 64 bit code.

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Robert
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