D hates to be dynamic linked

[Steve Teale]

On Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:41:20 -0500, g wrote:

> it is a real pain trying to make a plugin from d. I love D2 but I would
> even abandon it if there is solution with a compiler that at least
> supports D1 and has a solution for dynamic linking.

There's no way through. I was well on the way to something like Tomcat 
for D when it dawned on me that which ever way you turn, there's no 
support for dynamic loading - GDC included (shared libraries don't work).

I tried to get some attention for this problem again a couple of weeks 
ago (see the "special treat" thread), and everyone who replied said "yes, 
we really need this", but Walter does not want to go there.

I just don't understand why this is not at the top of the urgent problems 
list, unless as I've said before D is just a language that forms a basis 
for the discussion of cool features that should be in compilers. If 
that's the case we can all continue to visit the D newsgroups for some 
intellectual stimulation (in Brit speak that's called intellectual 
wanking). But for the job, we're stuck with C++, C#, or Java.

So sad!

Steve