D seems interesting, but...

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 15-10-2012 05:10, Gerry Weaver wrote:
> Hello All,
>
> I have been looking at D off and on for several years. Initially I
> worked through a very painful experience to get D compiling on Linux.
> After that experience, I concluded that I should wait for it to become
> more mature. Since then, I do a very simple test. I install the latest
> package and try to build "Hello World". I figure that if "Hello World"
> builds successfully, I will continue further. I have just downloaded the
> latest .deb package and installed it on Ubuntu 12.04 32bit. Once again
> it fails this incredibly simple test. I've read many discussions about
> how/why, has/hasn't, will/won't D hit the mainstream in programming
> languages. I think this situation may offer at least one data point. I'm
> struggling to think of any other language (and I use several) that won't
> build code out of the box. D seems to have a lot of potential, but this
> needs to be fixed. I am not asking for help on this. I honestly don't
> care what the solution is. I just wanted the D developers to know why at
> least one developer is not using the language. I sincerely hope that the
> situation will improve. I'm looking forward to programming in D.
>
> Thanks for your time,
> -G
>
>
>
> Here is the code:
>
> import std.stdio;
>
>
> void main()
> {
>    writeln("Hello, world!");
> }
>
> Here is the command:
>
> dmd hello.d
>
> Here is the output:
>
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libphobos2.a(dmain2_459_1a5.o): In function
> `_D2rt6dmain24mainUiPPaZi7runMainMFZv':
> src/rt/dmain2.d:(.text._D2rt6dmain24mainUiPPaZi7runMainMFZv+0x10):
> undefined reference to `_Dmain'
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libphobos2.a(thread_18f_1b8.o): In function
> `_D4core6thread6Thread6__ctorMFZC4core6thread6Thread':
> src/core/thread.d:(.text._D4core6thread6Thread6__ctorMFZC4core6thread6Thread+0x1d):
> undefined reference to `_tlsend'
> src/core/thread.d:(.text._D4core6thread6Thread6__ctorMFZC4core6thread6Thread+0x24):
> undefined reference to `_tlsstart'
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libphobos2.a(thread_19f_6e4.o): In function
> `thread_attachThis':
> src/core/thread.d:(.text.thread_attachThis+0xb7): undefined reference to
> `_tlsstart'
> src/core/thread.d:(.text.thread_attachThis+0xbc): undefined reference to
> `_tlsend'
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libphobos2.a(thread_17d_1b8.o): In function
> `_D4core6thread6Thread6__ctorMFPFZvkZC4core6thread6Thread':
> src/core/thread.d:(.text._D4core6thread6Thread6__ctorMFPFZvkZC4core6thread6Thread+0x1d):
> undefined reference to `_tlsend'
> src/core/thread.d:(.text._D4core6thread6Thread6__ctorMFPFZvkZC4core6thread6Thread+0x27):
> undefined reference to `_tlsstart'
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libphobos2.a(thread_17e_1b8.o): In function
> `_D4core6thread6Thread6__ctorMFDFZvkZC4core6thread6Thread':
> src/core/thread.d:(.text._D4core6thread6Thread6__ctorMFDFZvkZC4core6thread6Thread+0x1d):
> undefined reference to `_tlsend'
> src/core/thread.d:(.text._D4core6thread6Thread6__ctorMFDFZvkZC4core6thread6Thread+0x27):
> undefined reference to `_tlsstart'
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libphobos2.a(deh2_43b_525.o): In function
> `_D2rt4deh213__eh_finddataFPvZPS2rt4deh29FuncTable':
> src/rt/deh2.d:(.text._D2rt4deh213__eh_finddataFPvZPS2rt4deh29FuncTable+0x4):
> undefined reference to `_deh_beg'
> src/rt/deh2.d:(.text._D2rt4deh213__eh_finddataFPvZPS2rt4deh29FuncTable+0xc):
> undefined reference to `_deh_beg'
> src/rt/deh2.d:(.text._D2rt4deh213__eh_finddataFPvZPS2rt4deh29FuncTable+0x13):
> undefined reference to `_deh_end'
> src/rt/deh2.d:(.text._D2rt4deh213__eh_finddataFPvZPS2rt4deh29FuncTable+0x36):
> undefined reference to `_deh_end'
> /usr/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libphobos2.a(thread_17a_713.o): In function
> `thread_entryPoint':
> src/core/thread.d:(.text.thread_entryPoint+0x64): undefined reference to
> `_tlsend'
> src/core/thread.d:(.text.thread_entryPoint+0x6a): undefined reference to
> `_tlsstart'
> collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
> --- errorlevel 1
>
>
>

I really don't know what to tell you, because:

$ dmd -m32 test.d
$ dmd -m64 test.d
$ cat test.d
import std.stdio;

void main()
{
     writeln("Hello, world!");
}

It Works For Me (TM).

What package (URL please) did you install?

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Alex Rønne Petersen
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