Hi Brendan, For reference purposes, repeating what I've already said before elsewhere.
== Quote from Brendan Simon (eTRIX) (brendan.si...@etrix.com.au)'s article > Can GDC (or DMD) be built as a cross compiler ?? e.g. targeting ARM or > MIPS or PowerPC, etc ?? I'm presuming this should be no problem for GCC ?? Yes, but first you'll need to setup a cross-compiler toolchain first. As as, ar, objdump, strip and other binutils don't come bundled with GCC (require a separate step to setup and install). > My development/host platforms are OS X and Debian Linux. Are there any > prebuilt binaries for such cross-compilers ?? Nope, I've only really tested ARM <-> i386 and MinGW <-> Linux cross compilers in the past. > BTW, does GDC generate C++ code for GCC to compile, or does it directly > generate object code ?? I'm presuming the latter. Neither, it generates straight to the target platform's asm code. It is the job of the toolchain to compile to object code / link. > Can D be used in low-level drivers for Linux or other RTOS (e.g. > freertos) ?? D is not really suitable for a freestanding environment. Especially if you intend to use any non-POD features of the language (C++ has the same problem too). Regards Iain
