On 16/07/12 16:51, David Nadlinger wrote:
On Monday, 16 July 2012 at 06:00:03 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
Supporting Win64 is absolutely critical for the future of D, and the
sooner we get it, the better. The COFF route is the shortest route to
doing it, and the most practical for attracting devs, which is why
it's the way we're going.
Sorry, but I don't think this is a valid argument. Yes, Win64 (and even
more so, COFF) support is important to have for DMD, but no, it's not a
good idea to delay a pending release because of this (cf. the »Time for
a new beta« thread from the end of May). Here is why:
http://d.puremagic.com/issues/buglist.cgi?chfieldto=Now&query_format=advanced&chfield=bug_status&chfieldfrom=2012-04-13&bug_status=RESOLVED&resolution=FIXED
Already 289 issues resolved since 2.059!
More than that. Of the official releases, there is no usable 64 bit DMD
compiler on ANY platform. Some awful wrong-code bugs were still present
in 2.059. They have been fixed for a couple of months in DMD git, but
not in an official release.
