D versionning

[Adam Wilson]

On Sun, 15 Jul 2012 23:00:01 -0700, Walter Bright  
<newshound2 at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> On 7/15/2012 5:45 PM, Adam Wilson wrote:
>> I think the problem is that in the real world, that state is somewhat  
>> unlikely.
>> For example, Walter is currently working on COFF support, this is  
>> arguably a new
>> feature (we already can make programs work on Windows). Programmers  
>> aren't
>> machines and fixing bugs all day is boring, we want to do the fun  
>> stuff, in this
>> case, new features. It just so happens that it's the fun stuff that  
>> makes fixing
>> bugs bearable. I don't think it's fair of us to demand that Walter only  
>> fix
>> bugs, besides, COFF support is a HIGHLY requested new feature, he is  
>> just
>> supposed to ignore them?
>
> Supporting Win64 is absolutely critical for the future of D, and the  
> sooner we get it, the better. The COFF route is the shortest route to  
> doing it, and the most practical for attracting devs, which is why it's  
> the way we're going.
>
> 32 bit code is dead on OSX, is dying rapidly on Linux and Windows.

I absolutely agree with this, but you already know that. I've been  
lobbying for COFF ever since I first showed up here. :-)

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Adam Wilson
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The Horizon Project
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