On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Alex Rønne Petersen <[email protected]>wrote:
> On 04-08-2011 15:43, Adam Ruppe wrote: > >> LDC and GDC are both alive and pretty well up to date with D2. They >> have some advantages that make them favored to some people. >> >> But, they are kinda hard to find and get to a point where you can use >> them. dmd is trivially easy to "install" and use. You just download it >> and run, and it just works in the vast majority of cases. >> >> >> Are there binary packages available for their D2 builds, complete >> with phobos and druntime, for both Windows and Linux? I'd really like >> to see binary zips of them comparable to dmd in ease of use. >> >> Once they exist, can we get them linked to in the main changelog or >> something similar? >> >> >> Basically, I want them to be mostly equal alternatives to dmd so >> people can pick from the three with ease. Then, when people complain >> "gdc is out of date" we can say "actually, it's right there in the >> change log right next to dmd". When people say "I'd prefer ldc >> to dmd", we can say "that's ok, it's right there, make any choice >> you like". >> >> It seems to me to be a relatively easy answer to a lot of reddit, >> etc. questions. >> > > On a slightly related note, it would be cool to have LDC and GDC hosted > under the GitHub organization. Having everything in one place would make > everyone's life easier. I think the LDC folks have been moving towards this. > > - Alex > +1
