Compiler Page - Request for review

[Jesse Phillips]

On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 00:48:56 +0200, Lutger wrote:

> Some comments:
> 
> dil is not yet able to compile D as far as I know, which is what the
> page suggest ("There are a number of compilers that can be used for D")

Good point, I want to include it in the list since it is active and 
attempts to us D.

> 
> The dmd table could suggest that it supports D2 with Tango, I recommend
> formatting it like this:
> 
> language version   D1.x           D2.x runtime library    phobos, tango 
> phobos
>                 

Done
   
> LDC comes with Tango by default, but I assume phobos or at least
> tangobos can be used with it?

This is one of the main reasons for this page. There doesn't seem to be 
any listing of LDC's incompatibility with Phobos.

> About GDC, iirc the latest (which is quite old) version can be used with
> a version of D, although I don't remember which one.
> 
> Perhaps it would be useful to enumerate which OS and arch the various
> compilers support?

This is a good idea, but there is a major issue with doing this. Wiki4D 
does not get updated with the latest information. Once an architecture is 
supported it isn't likely to be rescinded, but if one supported isn't 
listed that can be just as bad. My objective was to point the user to the 
page maintained by the project owner containing the information.

If however Wiki4D has a good number of users that can keep this 
information up-to-date, then yes it should have that information.