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[Don Clugston]

On 16/07/12 16:51, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Monday, 16 July 2012 at 06:00:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> Supporting Win64 is absolutely critical for the future of D, and the
>> sooner we get it, the better. The COFF route is the shortest route to
>> doing it, and the most practical for attracting devs, which is why
>> it's the way we're going.
>
> Sorry, but I don't think this is a valid argument. Yes, Win64 (and even
> more so, COFF) support is important to have for DMD, but no, it's not a
> good idea to delay a pending release because of this (cf. the »Time for
> a new beta« thread from the end of May). Here is why:
>
> http://d.puremagic.com/issues/buglist.cgi?chfieldto=Now&query_format=advanced&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2012-04-13&bug_status=RESOLVED&resolution=FIXED
>
>
> Already 289 issues resolved since 2.059!

More than that. Of the official releases, there is no usable 64 bit DMD 
compiler on ANY platform. Some awful wrong-code bugs were still present 
in 2.059. They have been fixed for a couple of months in DMD git, but 
not in an official release.