LDC 1.9.0 beta

[Joakim]

On Thursday, 26 April 2018 at 05:34:51 UTC, meppl wrote:
> On Tuesday, 24 April 2018 at 15:53:23 UTC, Joakim wrote:
>> On Monday, 23 April 2018 at 09:18:07 UTC, Suliman wrote:
>>> What about Webassembly support? Latest LLVM suppport it, so 
>>> LDC should support also.
>>
>> We don't support a lot of platforms that llvm supports. It 
>> will require someone to work on the port, which hasn't 
>> happened. I've said before that I don't think it's worth it, 
>> because the web has been declining as a platform:
>>
>> https://forum.dlang.org/post/unqvdzopebfksnxwhoqn@forum.dlang.org
>>
>
> I stumbled over this:
> http://blog.qt.io/blog/2018/04/23/beta-qt-webassembly-technology-preview/
> https://sdtimes.com/webdev/mozillas-webassembly-studio-enters-beta/
>
> I dont want to argue, just throwing that in ;)

I don't know how those links are relevant. Yes, some projects are 
supporting WebAssembly, but that doesn't mean the web hasn't been 
declining, so this port likely isn't worth the effort.

Nobody is stopping anyone from doing the port though: ldc has 
some support for even more niche platforms like linux/PowerPC, 
simply because Kai wanted to do it. I'm just warning people who 
haven't seen those linked numbers that it likely isn't worth it.