"The total size of a static array cannot exceed 16Mb."

[Christopher Wright]

Jarrett Billingsley wrote:
> "Walter Bright" <newshound1 at digitalmars.com> wrote in message 
> news:fduing$trk$1 at digitalmars.com...
>>> So - please, Just Fix That Linker ;)
>> Easier said than done :-(
> 
> Then Make That Backend Generate Some Other Format Besides OMF (Like ELF, Oh 
> Wait Doesn't DMD On Linux Already Do That?), or something, _anything_, since 
> this whole OPTLINK thing is having one suboptimal consequence after another. 
> I think it's time to let the poor thing die.
> 
> Yes, I am _actually_ advocating the development of a different backend, or 
> linker, or object format etc. over the release of D2.0.  Yes, I am actually 
> more interested in that. 

There's GDC. Walter could make that the default branch (and actually 
mentioned that as a possibility at the conference). Though one of the 
benefits of D is a fast compiler, and I don't know how much faster gdc 
is compared to, say, gcc.