• Snake (3/3) Oct 01 2009 For some reason, about an hour ago I was googling stuff about X86 and Po...
• Jarrett Billingsley (3/6) Oct 01 2009 AFAIK yes. I think GDC can do it, but it's long been out-of-date. I
• Jesse Phillips (7/12) Oct 01 2009 You will have to look at GDC and LDC.
• Snake (4/12) Oct 07 2009 I looked into GDC a little bit, and I'm wondering if it can support the ...

Snake <loaSolidSnakemgs gmail.com> writes:

For some reason, about an hour ago I was googling stuff about X86 and PowerPC
and right now I'm not even sure if this is a serious question nor do I know if
I know what I'm talking about or if the question is even valid.

If that doesn't make sense, I want to know if you guys are developing D for use
with the PowerPC Instruction Set

The question: Can you program for PowerPC architecture using D? In my mind I'm
having these crazy ideas about things that are remotely relevant to programming
but...whatever <_< This is me rambling at this point.

Jarrett Billingsley <jarrett.billingsley gmail.com> writes:

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 4:16 PM, Snake <loaSolidSnakemgs gmail.com> wrote:
 For some reason, about an hour ago I was googling stuff about X86 and PowerPC
and right now I'm not even sure if this is a serious question nor do I know if
I know what I'm talking about or if the question is even valid.

 If that doesn't make sense, I want to know if you guys are developing D for
use with the PowerPC Instruction Set

 The question: Can you program for PowerPC architecture using D? In my mind I'm
having these crazy ideas about things that are remotely relevant to programming
but...whatever <_< This is me rambling at this point.

AFAIK yes. I think GDC can do it, but it's long been out-of-date. I
haven't heard much about LDC on that front.

Jesse Phillips <jesse.k.phillips+d gmail.com> writes:

Snake Wrote:

 For some reason, about an hour ago I was googling stuff about X86 and PowerPC
and right now I'm not even sure if this is a serious question nor do I know if
I know what I'm talking about or if the question is even valid.
 
 If that doesn't make sense, I want to know if you guys are developing D for
use with the PowerPC Instruction Set
 
 The question: Can you program for PowerPC architecture using D? In my mind I'm
having these crazy ideas about things that are remotely relevant to programming
but...whatever <_< This is me rambling at this point.

You will have to look at GDC and LDC.

http://www.dsource.org/projects/ldc/wiki/PlatformSupport

    * LDC compiles, but bugs in frontend
    * porting of GDC fixes suggested
    * runtime, inline asm and exception handling need work
    * contact: none 

Snake <loaSolidSnakemgs gmail.com> writes:

Jesse Phillips Wrote:

 You will have to look at GDC and LDC.
 
 http://www.dsource.org/projects/ldc/wiki/PlatformSupport
 
     * LDC compiles, but bugs in frontend
     * porting of GDC fixes suggested
     * runtime, inline asm and exception handling need work
     * contact: none 

I looked into GDC a little bit, and I'm wondering if it can support the cell
processor? I was looking at this article:

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/power/library/pa-linuxps3-1/

There are some additional things that are required to be used to fully use the
cell processor. GCC is mentioned in this article so I think GCC would be the
most appropriate compiler for C/C++. Since you guys support Linux Based
PowerPCs, then i simply want to know, based on this article, if it would be
possible to fully utilize the cell with D.