killer App for D? (was: State of D on iOS/Android)

[Manu]

On 29 January 2012 07:42, Andrew Wiley <wiley.andrew.j at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, Jan 28, 2012 at 9:11 PM, Nick Sabalausky <a at a.a> wrote:
> > "Alex Rønne Petersen" <xtzgzorex at gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:jg29bs$2dm8$1 at digitalmars.com...
> >>
> >> Yes, D on Android would be great.
> >>
> >> In fact, D already runs on Android if you do some tweaks to the GDC
> build.
> >> I've managed to get D apps running on both a Galaxy Tab 10.1 and an
> Efika
> >> MX.
> >>
> >
> > CAN I HAZ DETAILS PLZ?
> > KTHNXBYE
> >
>
> I can't speak to Android, but I know that building GDC on ARM is
> fairly routine these days. Make sure to build with
> DFLAGS="-fno-section-anchors" in the environment, but otherwise,
> follow the normal build instructions.
> I would assume the same would apply when building a cross compiler for
> ARM (although the normal build instructions are just a bit harder).
>

Am I the only one that finds it annoying that any dev that wants to use D
seems to have to A) use linux, and B) know how to build GCC on their own?
How many people does this turn away?

Build scripts and mingw binaries plz! Then devs can actually get to work
and start writing software. 90% of my time spent with D involves trying to
fuck around with msys/cygwin environments, trying to build toolchains, and
having an endless stream of related problems. Complete waste of my time,
and loss of community contribution.
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