[HN Gopher] A working D compiler on OpenBSD ___________________________________________________________________ A working D compiler on OpenBSD Author : todsacerdoti Score : 111 points Date : 2021-03-20 05:31 UTC (1 days ago) (HTM) web link (briancallahan.net) (TXT) w3m dump (briancallahan.net) | yrgulation wrote: | I'm sorry I can't help but comment how awesome DLang is. Please | promote this more on here. Wish I had the time to write open | source projects around it, as I simply love this language. I'll | reiterate it would benefit from a nice set of webassembly | packages - the syntax is easy to pick up for anyone familiar with | web languages, and it feels natural that DLang could dominate | wasm libraries. | bachmeier wrote: | Just FYI, this is being worked on: | | https://github.com/skoppe/spasm | | https://forum.dlang.org/thread/jggmwuavbkxarzhpvtto@forum.dl... | destructionator wrote: | and my approach is to do a minimal custom lib | | http://dpldocs.info/this-week- | in-d/Blog.Posted_2020_08_10.ht... | WalterBright wrote: | Well done, Dr. Callahan! | bachmeier wrote: | The one reason I've not done anything with OpenBSD is the lack of | a D compiler. Maybe now I'll give OpenBSD a try. | fao_ wrote: | what im really hoping for is extended attributes support again. | i use them for a file tagging system i made | (https://gitlab.com/finnoleary/koios) and dont really want to | be on a computer without that | teleforce wrote: | From the article, it's interesting to note that D utilizes | Thread-Local Storage (TLS) by default and that OpenBSD does not | has support for the feature [1]. | | [1]https://www.oreilly.com/library/view/the-linux- | programming/9... | p0nce wrote: | Note that you can use D without TLS on scenarii that don't | support it. TLS is a need of (parts of) the D runtime, which | you can avoid if need be. This is painful, yet doable. | WalterBright wrote: | The older D compilers would emulate TLS for platforms that | didn't support it, like the older Mac OS. That code is still | in there somewhere. | 10x-dev wrote: | D is just a wonderful language, with a super fast compiler and | amazing feature set. | | I only wish it had better debugging support. | ku-man wrote: | I only wish D didn't fuck up so bad its chances of growth in | the early 2000's. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2021-03-21 23:01 UTC)