Poll of the week: main OS and compiler

[Manu]

On 2 March 2012 23:16, Bernard Helyer <b.helyer at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Friday, 2 March 2012 at 11:53:56 UTC, Manu wrote:
>
>> Personally, I just want to be able to link like a normal windows
>> developer.
>> My code is C/C++, built with VC, and I want to link my D app against those
>> libs using the VC linker, and debug with Visual Studio. This is the
>> workflow I think the vast majority of Windows devs will expect, and it
>> sounds simple enough. This is the only thing standing between me using D
>> for any major projects, and just experimenting with the language for
>> evaluation, or just academic interest.
>> 64bit is far less important to me personally, VisualC linker compatibility
>> is the big one. I just want to link against my C code without jumping
>> through lots of hoops.
>>
>
> No one thinks that's a bad idea. The trouble is the amount of developers
> that actually understand the backend enough to implement another object
> format (which is what's needed to support the VisualC linker) is very small.
>
> What's needed is someone to take the time to learn it then do it. Someone
> motivated, and smart. Not unlike yourself! :P
>

Haha, ohhh, I see what you did there.
Well played...
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