Ehem, ARM

[Paulo Pinto]

On Friday, 15 November 2013 at 09:20:18 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> On Friday, 15 November 2013 at 08:54:21 UTC, Paulo Pinto wrote:
>> On Friday, 15 November 2013 at 08:24:55 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>>> Would it make sense to use dmd for linux/x86 to cross-compile 
>>> to Android/x86 or is this a job for ldc/gdc only?
>>
>> I would say ldc/gdc only, as LLVM/gcc are the supported NDK 
>> toolchains and dmd lacks an ARM backend.
>
> Yeah, I'm aware of these facts, but I don't think they matter.  
> For one, dmd not having an ARM backend doesn't impact me since 
> I'm targeting Android/x86 for now, :) as stated earlier.  I 
> don't think it's relevant what toolchains are integrated into 
> the NDK as, for example, the Free Pascal compiler can now 
> compile to Android and it isn't based on gcc or llvm:
>
> http://wiki.freepascal.org/Android
>
> I think the bigger issue is that llvm/gcc and therefore ldc/gdc 
> have support for cross-compilation, but I don't know the status 
> of cross-compiling support with dmd.

Yes, but FreePascal already had an ARM backend before they 
started with Android, and cross-compiling support infrastructure.

As far as I know dmd does not support cross compiling.

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Paulo