Initial Windows experience
Peter Alexander
peter.alexander.au at gmail.com
Fri Jun 14 09:03:17 UTC 2019
I just want to highlight
https://github.com/vibe-d/vibe.d/issues/1908 -- building default
vibe.d example applications on win32 fails due to obscure optlink
error. It has been like this for nearly 2 years.
I am not asking for help with this issue.
Win32 with optlink is the default build for dub on Windows, and
given that vibe.d is the most popular D project, this could very
well be among the first things that a D newcomer tries. If I were
new to D, I'd likely just give up there and assume the language
and tooling are immature.
The thread over there says that lld is shipped now with DMD. Is
there any reason not to move to that and move away from optlink?
It seems unnecessary to maintain and debug a separate linker when
another more mature linker is available, working, and already
bundled. Are there any reasons to stick with optlink as the
default?
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