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[ketmar via Digitalmars-d]

On Wed, 21 Jan 2015 06:08:49 +0000
Israel via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:

> On Wednesday, 21 January 2015 at 01:07:04 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe 
> wrote:
> > On Wednesday, 21 January 2015 at 01:04:11 UTC, ketmar via 
> > Digitalmars-d wrote:
> >> two days making dmd.exe work with Wine to write the simple 
> >> utility which i can write in two hours using MinGW 
> >> cross-compiler.
> >
> > I've been using dmd with wine for a long time... I find it 
> > sometimes seems to deadlock, but when it does, I just ctrl+c 
> > and run it again. Mildly annoying but not a showstopper.
> 
> I never understood why you guys use DMD on wine. Theres a DMD for 
> linux...
sadly, windows can't run linux ELFs.

> Is it because you want to develop your windows programs without 
> having to run a full virtual machine?
yes. developing in windows is PITA. besides, windows costs money and
eats precious computer resources.
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