Which compiler/lib to choose?

[Kenny B]

Lars Ivar Igesund wrote:
> Marcel Meyer wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>>
>> I need to write a linux network application (think of it as a proxy, sth.
>> like squid but specialized) and thought about using D to learn it (/me ==
>> beginner) while "getting my hands dirty".
>>
>> The timepressure is not that high but the program needs to perform well
>> (throughput is important, latency shouldn't be the problem) and will still
>> be maintained and developed in a few (whatever that means) years. Soooo...
>>
>> Is it a good idea to rely on D in this case? If yes, which compiler and
>> lib to choose? D 1.x seems "stable", D 2.x more futureproof. DMD is
>> official, GDC works "out of the box" on my Gentoo box (at least it
>> installs...). Phobos is official too, but Tango looks sooo nice ;-).
>>
>> I appreciate highly subjective opinions and field reports!
>>
>> Marcel
> 
> Rely on D? Should be safe enough.
> 
> Compiler? Hmm, I'd probably go for GDC on your system.
> 
> And of course Tango. Even from an "objective" POV looking at what you want
> to create. Both networking and other IO throughput (both necessary for a
> proxy) is very well catered for in Tango, and I'd say the interfaces are
> near perfect for what you need. We'd certainly be very interested in
> helping you along, just join us in #d.tango at Freenode :)
> 

I wanna echo the reliability.

If you do go with Tango, I'd love to know your experience. I currently
use GDC on my gentoo box as well -- btw, it's annoying to have to write
"gcc-config 1" every time I wanna use D, but that's ok.

It works very well for me. I also write large network apps on it too
current one is 13k lines). One thing I have done, is to use libowfat for
my networking needs. I like it a lot. I suppose you could use libevent
or the socket stuff that comes with tango instead if you desire
(personally I hated the one that comes with phobos). If you want the
import for libowfat, lemme know I'll email it to you.

I really recommend GDC over dmd though, because I had struct alignment
issues in DMD that I no longer have. Also, I'm using gdc in 64 bit mode
too, which is super sexy.

Last thing I wanna say... IMO, one of the best applications to learn
from is memcached. It covers very well threading, networking, and memory
management.