On Sunday, 1 September 2013 at 23:35:16 UTC, John Carter wrote:
We work in the embedded linux real time area, so here are a few
newbie questions that I couldn't spot the answer to...
1) Which D compiler should we start with? We use gcc/g++ for
everything else, is gcd a good choice or should we stick with
Digital mars one? (We would be cross compiling to sparc or arm)
dmd is usually used only as development compiler because it is a
reference one and because if fast compilation times. ldc and gdc
code gen is much better and cross-compilation to arm is a serious
indication that gdc is a best option.
2) The traditional argument against garbage collected languages
in real time environments is that they sporadically lock up
while collecting resulting in missed real time deadlines.
Certainly the "state of the art" in GC has moved beyond this,
and also there are workarounds for the problem. Is it possible
to do real time programming in D?
I have answered this some time ago on SO:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16668821/using-d-for-a-realtime-application/16687816#16687816
It is possible but not convenient. And requires good knowledge of
D internals.
