x86_64 support please!

[Lars Ivar Igesund]

Gregor Richards wrote:

> Don Clugston wrote:
>> Tomas Lindquist Olsen wrote:
>>> Kiriakos Alexoglou wrote:
>>>
>>>> Please Walter add support for x86_64!
>>>>
>>>> I use Suse Linux 10.0 and developing in Qt and
>>>> I want to try make Qt bindings for dmd.
>>>>
>>>> The bindings that exist for Qt right now,
>>>> can all work with x86_64 architectures.
>>>>
>>>> In my personal opinion x86_64 support is
>>>> more important than adding additional feutures to dmd.
>> 
>> vote--. That may be true, but do you have any idea how much work this
>> would involve?? (Hint: begin by implementing a linker from scratch).
>> We'd lose Walter for a year! Has to happen someday, but I don't think
>> Walter should put any thought into it until GDC-64 is firmly established.
>> 
>> OTOH, I hope we get a working GDC-x64 very soon.
> 
> vote-- as well.
> 
> For the record, you're at 0 votes now :P
> 
>   - Gregor Richards

I would agree with this too, but I believe Walter has stated in the past
that he needs to make DMC 64-bit compatible anyway.

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