On Thursday, 1 February 2018 at 15:27:02 UTC, Benny wrote:
Suggestion:
Is it maybe not better to have one "front-end" compiler visible
that people download
Example:
D run main.d
D run main.d --compiler ldc ( not installed? Auto download and
compile using dub )
D run main.d --compiler ldc --options -o3
D run main.d --compiler gdc ( not installed? Auto ...)
D package install web-d
Seen this layout with a some other compilers where everything
is clean integrated.
- Compiler ( default )
-- Run
-- Test
- Package
-- Install
-- Remove
-- Update
- Tools
--- Format
--- Check
- Language server?
No dub, no ldc, gdc, no confusion, just one clean interface.
What happens behind the interface is nobody there business. It
just presents better.
Dub already does half this work with the compiler option but
its a package manager not the "face of D". Hard to explain...
Anyway, too much off-topic?
DUB can fill this role quite well. What it needs is clearer
documentation on how to switch compilers. Better yet, outright
compiler switches from the command line to designate a compiler,
compile debug code, or run unittest code.
On another note, I do want to put in my two cents about this
controversial thread, and the continuing GC threads that pop up.
People that use D find it highly productive and performant in
their domains. C and C++ programmers, ostensibly the target
audience of D, continue to reject GC as some kind of albatross
they'll never get over.
dlang.org needs front-page, clear as day examples of the speed
benefits of optimized D code. Show that there is minimal or no
impact from the GC is most modern use cases (i.e. within
components of a web framework, within a database, within a
desktop application). Compare performance of real solutions. And,
if it can be done, show how maximally performant embedded code
with no GC can be run on constrained real-time hardware with a
significant gain in code readability.
tl;dr EXAMPLES EXAMPLES EXAMPLES
SHOW the world why the GC is not only not a big deal, but a good
thing, and STOP trying to TELL them by playing defense in
discussion threads around the Internet.
