• Bruce Adams <tortoise_74 yeah.who.co.uk> Oct 15 2007

Bruce Adams <tortoise_74 yeah.who.co.uk> writes:

Chad J Wrote:

 Henning Hasemann wrote:
 Since lots of things work differently in D and C++ it might be even
 easier to compile D code into C like opendylan does for example.
 (Note that you cant simple translate it to another language anyway. You
 *will* have to "compile" it ie instantiate templates etc... Maybe that
 would not even be *that* hard since there are a handful D code parsers
 underway already)
 
 I dont know if you are aware of it but there is already a gcc frontend
 for D (called dgcc aka gdc) ie its possible to compile D code nearly
 everywhere where a gcc runs, so getting D code to run on an xbox or
 whatever shouldnt really be a problem I think.
 
 Henning
 


 While gcc supports a lot of targets, some may be very proprietary and 
 not have a gcc backend for them.  You can probably get a C compiler for 
 just about anything though.
 
 Also, and probably more importantly, getting gdc to cross compile isn't 
 always that easy.  I've been there with arm-wince-pe-gdc.  It might be 
 if you have a team of engineers, but on a volunteer basis - not so much.
 
 I'd love to see a D to C compiler.  It seems to me like it would be a 
 good temporary measure to use until D has the mega resources that the 
 more popular languages now possess.  Unfortunately, I don't have the 
 time to spend on such an endeavor, so someone else will have to do this ;)


Recently there was a thread about creating a D cross compiler. It sounds like
you've been there and got the T-shirt. Perhaps you could upload some of your
experiences and hints to the/a wiki? 

Regards,

Bruce.