== Quote from Brendan Simon (eTRIX) (brendan.si...@etrix.com.au)'s article > On 14/04/11 5:00 AM, d.gnu-requ...@puremagic.com wrote: > > Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2011 16:12:13 +0000 (UTC) From: Iain Buclaw > > <ibuc...@ubuntu.com> == Quote from Brendan Simon (eTRIX) > > (brendan.si...@etrix.com.au)'s article > >> > 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). > POD ?? Not sure what you mean here. I searched wikipedia. Is it > "Plain Old Data" as in standard C data types and structures ?? > So is it possible to use D in a limited capacity for a bare-metal, or > low-level (rtos/kernel, driver) environment ??
Yes an no for the same reasons C++ is suitable for such a task. It probably *could* be done (see the XOMB exo-kernel project), but requires you implement a bespoke runtime, not use the one that comes bundled with DMD/GDC.
