Raw binary(to work without OS) in D

[Iain Buclaw]

On 22 June 2012 07:35, Walter Bright <newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:
> On 6/21/2012 11:07 PM, Mehrdad wrote:
>>
>> On Thursday, 21 June 2012 at 19:44:40 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>>
>>> On 6/21/2012 9:39 AM, Alex wrote:
>>>>
>>>> is it possible to use D to write code to work without OS?
>>>> like i do it with gcc.
>>>
>>>
>>> Sure. But you'll need to thoroughly understand how the D runtime startup
>>> code
>>> works, so you can adjust as necessary.
>>
>>
>> Good luck getting the C-runtime part of the "D runtime" right..
>
>
> It's not that hard. But there's a lot of detail to learn & take care of.
>

Wouldn't it be useful if the compiler had diagnostics for all implicit
allocations it makes (ie: closures, array literals)?  Similar to that
of the -vtls switch. These such things you may want to avoid in a
freestanding environment (no link to C runtime).

-- 
Iain Buclaw

*(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';