GCC with D have been finally been released.

Ron Tarrant rontarrant at gmail.com
Wed May 8 13:42:03 UTC 2019


On Wednesday, 8 May 2019 at 13:38:23 UTC, Ron Tarrant wrote:
> On Tuesday, 7 May 2019 at 18:13:08 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>
>> And I would think it shouldn't matter which compiler you use 
>> as long as your code doesn't depend on compiler-specific 
>> features; you could just recompile with a different compiler 
>> if need be, and go along your merry way.
>
> Is this also the case for libraries? A library compiled with 
> (for instance) DMD can't be used from an application compiled 
> with GDC?

On Tuesday, 7 May 2019 at 21:13:57 UTC, Johannes Pfau wrote:
> It is probably not necessary to be compatible on object file 
> level, but at least shared libraries need to be compatible 
> between compilers. Otherwise you will force linux distributions 
> to choose only one compiler, as nobody wants to have 3 packages 
> for every library (one for every compiler).


Well, that'll teach me to read the replies to the post I'm 
replying to before replying... if that makes any sense.


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