Re: LDC 0.17.0-beta1 has been released!

[Dan Olson via Digitalmars-d-announce]

Adrian Matoga  writes:

> On Thursday, 14 January 2016 at 20:33:30 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
>> LDC 0.17.0-beta1, the LLVM-based D compiler, is available for
>> download!
>> This release is based on the 2.068.2 frontend and standard library
>> and supports LLVM 3.5-3.7.
>
> Excellent! Works great so far (Linux x86_64).
> Any chance of having pre-built binaries for cross-compiling to
> arm-linux-gnueabihf, like in GDC distributions?

Yes, though not sure when.  I have a Raspberry Pi (armv6) and will begin
working with LDC on it soon.  I don't know how compatible
arm-linux-gnueabihf builds are between various ARM systems, but this
could be stepping stone toward a pre-built binary for LDC.
-- 
Dan

Re: LDC 0.17.0-beta1 has been released!

[Adrian Matoga via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Thursday, 14 January 2016 at 20:33:30 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
LDC 0.17.0-beta1, the LLVM-based D compiler, is available for 
download!
This release is based on the 2.068.2 frontend and standard 
library and supports LLVM 3.5-3.7.


Excellent! Works great so far (Linux x86_64).
Any chance of having pre-built binaries for cross-compiling to 
arm-linux-gnueabihf, like in GDC distributions?

Re: LDC 0.17.0-beta1 has been released!

[Dan Olson via Digitalmars-d-announce]

Manu via Digitalmars-d-announce  writes:
>
> Love your work guys! Thanks for keeping at it.
>
> One question though, what's the plan for moving to DMD latest? Both
> LDC and GDC seem to be quite behind at the moment.
> My current project is depending on bug-fixes patched in by Walter in
> the last few days, so I'm stuck with DMD for the moment.

Process of merging 2.069 with D frontend into LDC has been started by
Johan.

I imagine LDC will always be a 1 or 2 releases behind DMD with current
number of contributers.  I notice much work goes into supporting other
targets, platforms besides what DMD supports.  With more help, it could
be kept up to a release behind.  David and Kai make LDC an easy, fun
project to contribute to.

For your specific patch, sometimes LDC will cherry-pick important
commits.
-- 
Dan

Re: LDC 0.17.0-beta1 has been released!

[Manu via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On 15 January 2016 at 06:33, Kai Nacke via Digitalmars-d-announce
 wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>
> LDC 0.17.0-beta1, the LLVM-based D compiler, is available for download!
> This release is based on the 2.068.2 frontend and standard library and
> supports LLVM 3.5-3.7.
>
> Don't miss to check if your preferred system is supported by this release.
> We also have a Win64 compiler available!
>
> As usual, you can find links to the changelog and the binary packages over
> at digitalmars.D.ldc:
> http://forum.dlang.org/post/cnpluyvskgjztnuyp...@forum.dlang.org
>
> Regards,
> Kai

Love your work guys! Thanks for keeping at it.

One question though, what's the plan for moving to DMD latest? Both
LDC and GDC seem to be quite behind at the moment.
My current project is depending on bug-fixes patched in by Walter in
the last few days, so I'm stuck with DMD for the moment.

Re: LDC 0.17.0-beta1 has been released!

[tsbockman via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Monday, 18 January 2016 at 15:47:07 UTC, Manu wrote:

Love your work guys! Thanks for keeping at it.

One question though, what's the plan for moving to DMD latest? 
Both

LDC and GDC seem to be quite behind at the moment.
My current project is depending on bug-fixes patched in by 
Walter in

the last few days, so I'm stuck with DMD for the moment.


GDC 2.067 is getting close: 
https://github.com/ibuclaw/GDC/commits/2.067

Re: LDC 0.17.0-beta1 has been released!

[David Nadlinger via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Thursday, 14 January 2016 at 20:57:02 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:
No. Since 0.16.0 we regard the Win64 support as 
production-ready.


The only thing we are missing is a fancy one-click installer, 
pretty much. Even though you can just extract the binary release 
archives and use LDC as-is (it should auto-detect MSVC), many 
Windows programmers seem to like installers.


 — Davidw

Re: LDC 0.17.0-beta1 has been released!

[rsw0x via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Thursday, 14 January 2016 at 20:57:02 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:

On Thursday, 14 January 2016 at 20:37:13 UTC, rsw0x wrote:
Congratulations on Win64 support — is this the first LDC 
version with it?


No. Since 0.16.0 we regard the Win64 support as 
production-ready.


Regards,
Kai


I must have missed that. That's great news for Windows adoption 
of D!

Re: LDC 0.17.0-beta1 has been released!

[Kai Nacke via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Thursday, 14 January 2016 at 20:37:13 UTC, rsw0x wrote:
Congratulations on Win64 support — is this the first LDC 
version with it?


No. Since 0.16.0 we regard the Win64 support as production-ready.

Regards,
Kai

LDC 0.17.0-beta1 has been released!

[Kai Nacke via Digitalmars-d-announce]

Hi everyone,

LDC 0.17.0-beta1, the LLVM-based D compiler, is available for 
download!
This release is based on the 2.068.2 frontend and standard 
library and supports LLVM 3.5-3.7.


Don't miss to check if your preferred system is supported by this 
release. We also have a Win64 compiler available!


As usual, you can find links to the changelog and the binary 
packages over at digitalmars.D.ldc:

http://forum.dlang.org/post/cnpluyvskgjztnuyp...@forum.dlang.org

Regards,
Kai

Re: LDC 0.17.0-beta1 has been released!

[rsw0x via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Thursday, 14 January 2016 at 20:33:30 UTC, Kai Nacke wrote:

Hi everyone,

LDC 0.17.0-beta1, the LLVM-based D compiler, is available for 
download!
This release is based on the 2.068.2 frontend and standard 
library and supports LLVM 3.5-3.7.


Don't miss to check if your preferred system is supported by 
this release. We also have a Win64 compiler available!


As usual, you can find links to the changelog and the binary 
packages over at digitalmars.D.ldc:

http://forum.dlang.org/post/cnpluyvskgjztnuyp...@forum.dlang.org

Regards,
Kai


Congratulations on Win64 support — is this the first LDC version 
with it?