D vs C++ - Where are the benchmarks?

[Iain Buclaw]

On 1 July 2013 12:38, Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw at ubuntu.com> wrote:
> On 1 July 2013 12:02, dennis luehring <dl.soluz at gmx.net> wrote:
>> Am 01.07.2013 10:14, schrieb Iain Buclaw:
>>>
>>> On Jul 1, 2013 7:16 AM, "dennis luehring" <dl.soluz at gmx.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Am 01.07.2013 03:07, schrieb Kapps:
>>>>
>>>>> If you're concerned about performance, I'd recommend against
>>>>> using DMD for your release builds. GDC and LDC will give much
>>>>> better performance, and GDC works perfectly fine on Windows. LDC
>>>>> has some problems with exception handling AFAIK on Windows.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> GDC got the same Exception problems like LDC - no support for SEH
>>>> but Exceptions are working - only the Windows-internal-Exception ->
>>>
>>> D-Exception transition is not working properbly
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> but even using Visual Studio you need to add special flags or using
>>>
>>> __try, __catch to get these - so normaly not a problem
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>> Right, gcc (thus, gdc) uses sjlj (setjmp/longjmp) exceptions on Windows.
>>> AFAIK, structured exception handling support in gcc is being developed to
>>> overcome the weaknesses of both dw2 and sjlj.
>>
>>
>> "...is being developed" thats means gcc got Windows-SEH support?
>>
>
> No, it hasn't.  If there are any patches, I can't see them after a cursory look.
>
> There a wiki for discussion at least:
> http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/WindowsGCCImprovements
>
>

Which after a few clicks brings you to this page:
http://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/WindowsGCCImprovementsGSoC2008#General_Information

Though, that was support as of 2008... there might have been a few
changes since then to improve it. =)

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Iain Buclaw

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