• Piotr Szturmaj (2/2) Mar 03 2013 I know that GDC and LDC can produce ARM code, but what about D runtime -...
• Johannes Pfau (8/10) Mar 03 2013 I'm not sure if anyone did extensive testing. I compiled & used
• Iain Buclaw (6/16) Mar 03 2013 Or fix the failing unittests in gdc so at least we have a baseline. :)
• Russel Winder (32/32) Mar 04 2013 Java has recently released a version for the Raspberry Pi and there is a

Piotr Szturmaj <bncrbme jadamspam.pl> writes:

I know that GDC and LDC can produce ARM code, but what about D runtime - 
does it work reliably?

Johannes Pfau <nospam example.com> writes:

Am Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:21:30 +0100
schrieb Piotr Szturmaj <bncrbme jadamspam.pl>:

 I know that GDC and LDC can produce ARM code, but what about D
 runtime - does it work reliably?

I'm not sure if anyone did extensive testing. I compiled & used
dustmite on the raspberry pi and that worked well (although it's
slooooow).

A good next step would be to run druntime & phobos unittests. As gdc
doesn't pass all tests on x86 we'd need some way to disable / skip some
tests to really find the arm specific problems though.

Iain Buclaw <ibuclaw ubuntu.com> writes:

On Mar 3, 2013 5:46 PM, "Johannes Pfau" <nospam example.com> wrote:
 Am Sun, 03 Mar 2013 15:21:30 +0100
 schrieb Piotr Szturmaj <bncrbme jadamspam.pl>:

 I know that GDC and LDC can produce ARM code, but what about D
 runtime - does it work reliably?

 I'm not sure if anyone did extensive testing. I compiled & used
 dustmite on the raspberry pi and that worked well (although it's
 slooooow).

 A good next step would be to run druntime & phobos unittests. As gdc
 doesn't pass all tests on x86 we'd need some way to disable / skip some
 tests to really find the arm specific problems though.

Or fix the failing unittests in gdc so at least we have a baseline.   :)

Regards
-- 
Iain Buclaw

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Russel Winder <russel winder.org.uk> writes:

Java has recently released a version for the Raspberry Pi and there is a
huge push to get this recognised world-wide.

Currently the principle languages on the default Raspbian system is
Python, with Scratch (based on Squeak) the alternate for younger users.

Underneath though it is just Debian on ARM. This means C and C++ are
available, but this is not being pushed, except as ways of creating
Python extensions.

The Go folk seem to be on a campaign to get Go as the native code
language associated with the Raspberry Pi brand. They have a long way to
go, but they have powerful backers.

This is an opportunity for the D community to make a play.  DMD is not
that play I suspect. GDC would have been the major avenue but=E2=80=A6 LDC =
could
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pen.

PyGame is where the principle action is just now for the Raspberry Pi,
but the hardware tinkering folks are on the rise and Python extensions
for handing hardware are coming a plenty.

So can D compete with Python+C on the Raspberry Pi?

Answers not on a postcard, or even lengthy mailing list threads, but in
compiler ports so I can use them. I have a vested interest in knowing an
answer within about 8 weeks.

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