• Chris Piker (10/10) May 17 2021 Hi D
• Adam D. Ruppe (15/18) May 17 2021 There is a partial port of full runtime but it is still alpha

Chris Piker <chris hoopjump.com> writes:

Hi D

Our group has some spectragram (aka dynamic spectra) creation 
algorithms that are fast in Java and since D has many Java-ish 
concepts it looks like it would be do-able to port the code to D. 
If I take on this project my target would be to run as a 
webassembly program.

What is the general state of support for GC dependent D-code 
running as webassembly?  If the runtime is not ready that's okay, 
just wanted to inquire about the state of things.

Thanks,

Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:

On Monday, 17 May 2021 at 20:38:12 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:
 What is the general state of support for GC dependent D-code 
 running as webassembly?  If the runtime is not ready that's 
 okay, just wanted to inquire about the state of things.

There is a partial port of full runtime but it is still alpha 
level. A couple people have tried it and there's various bugs 
they worked through but some remained.

I wouldn't recommend using it at this time unless you're prepared 
to do some specific webassembly hacks and maybe dive into the 
druntime a bit yourself.


on the other hand if you are willing to dive in yourself a bit, 
you totally can make it work.

I have a little website where I compiled some of my games to 
webasm:

http://webassembly.arsdnet.net/

http://webassembly.arsdnet.net/tetris


I did it with a custom runtime and a specialized port of my 
relevant D libraries.