D for Game Development

[Manu via Digitalmars-d]

On 11 August 2015 at 01:15, jmh530 via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
> On Monday, 10 August 2015 at 14:13:53 UTC, Manu wrote:
>>
>> I really hope this is a top-priority goal for the switch to DDMD.
>
>
> My understanding is that 2.069 is supposed to bring DDMD support. I think
> there has been a lot of heated discussion about something that really isn't
> that far away. Nevertheless, I think you've made your case well about sort
> of merging LDC and DMD.
>
> One big positive for DMD is that it is very easy to install on Windows. Just
> about anyone can get up and running quite easily. It doesn't require the
> installation of MSVC (which I can't stand) or Min-GW at all. If DMD and LDC
> are sort of merged in the way that you say, I just hope care is taken to
> ensure that it is easy for people to get started with it.

I think some care would be taken to bundle the distribution so it's
both minimal and convenient for users to install and get started with.