[GSOC] more ideas

Iain Buclaw ibuclaw at ubuntu.com
Thu Mar 24 16:52:05 PDT 2011


== Quote from Trass3r (un at known.com)'s article
> I don't want to edit the ideas wiki page without getting another opinion,
> so what about:
> - helping with getting dmd produce x64 code on Windows.
> To quote Walter:
> "To do 64 bits on Windows requires:
> 1. 64 bit OMF
> 2. 64 bit librarian
> 3. 64 bit generating dmd
> 4. 64 bit C compiler
> 5. 64 bit symbolic debug info
> 6. 64 bit debugger
> 7. 64 bit C runtime"
> The first step would be to examine if MinGW's tools could be used.

I can see using MinGW's tools as a dead-end, rather than a step in the right
direction. (Besides, wouldn't DMD Windows have to output object files in COFF format?)

> - making D run on other architectures like ARM, PowerPC, ...?
> GDC and LDC theoretically support these but I guess druntime and the like
> could cause difficulties.
> Especially ARM could be useful for targeting the mobile phone sector.

Sadly, no one cares.


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