Embedded Linux really needs Dlang for the IOT market

[Andre Pany]

On Friday, 9 March 2018 at 03:09:16 UTC, dangbinghoo wrote:
> hi all,
>
> I think the D community should make more effort to make Dlang 
> more easier to use on embedded Linux(mostly are arm and mips, 
> powerpc).
>
> currently, LDC seems to be more complete, but we can only see a 
> hundred words on the wiki about the cross-compiling for arm.
>
> I'm working in a company now for IOT market. We have a lot of 
> things like embedded linux systems: has a basic linux kernel, 
> uclibc/eglibc system, built using buildroot or yocto.
>
> for such a device, we need to write lost of code for dealing 
> networking, web interface, database storage and sometimes data 
> algorithm.
>
> And, For most of the devices on the market, like routers, 
> fiber-port routers, ethernet switches, and most of the 
> termination system made by Cisco, Broadcom, Huawei and others 
> running at least millions of lines of C code on the embedded 
> linux system.
>
> So, We have very big chance for spreading to these market. D is 
> really syntax-clean and provides more productive.
>
> We need tutorial for cross-compiling a whole d project for the 
> ARM, MIPS linux systems, and we need the cross-compile 
> toolchain ready to download.
>
> so, any ideas?

I have a tutorial for raspberry py cross compilation from 
windows. It is on german but Google translator does give you a 
good English translation.

http://d-land.sepany.de/einstieg-in-die-raspberry-pi-entwicklung-mit-ldc.html

Kind regards
André