[dmd-internals] [dmd-beta] Time for new beta

[Jacob Carlborg]

On May 29, 2012, at 11:54 AM, Walter Bright <walter at digitalmars.com> wrote:

> I think the changelog, which shows 80 bugs fixed in dmd alone, shows that this
> is better.
 
But if regression are introduced at the same time, in every release, and not fixed in the next one, it's not good.

> > * Windows - can't generate 64bit code - not an issue.
> > * Mac OS X - one can seamlessly compile both 32 and 64bit code. All system
> > libraries ship at least in 32 and 64bit x86 code - not an issue.
> > * Linux - Can usually not compile for other architectures. Needs to install
> > 32bit compatible libraries - in most of the cases a minor inconvenience.
> > * FreeBSD - Don't know, but I'm assuming it's similar to how it's on Linux
> >
>
> Some people on the n.g. stated that this was a critical blocker for them because
> they could not make a credible interface to C libraries that relied on
> passing/returning structs.
 
But there's an easy workaround, compile for 32bit code. That what I said, I don't think it's _that_ many people that _actually_ depends on the code being 64bit.
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