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diff --git a/development/gcc-d/README b/development/gcc-d/README index d21fea30a9..0d3985f0fd 100644 --- a/development/gcc-d/README +++ b/development/gcc-d/README @@ -1,15 +1,12 @@ This is GDC (GNU D Compiler), the D frontend for GCC. -D is a general-purpose programming language with static typing, -systems-level access, and C-like syntax. It combines efficiency, -control and modeling power with safety and programmer productivity. +D is a general-purpose programming language with static typing, systems-level +access, and C-like syntax. With the D Programming Language, write fast, read +fast, and run fast. -This package is for GCC 5.3.0 shipped with Slackware. It doesn't -replace any of GCC stock files, so it should be safe to uninstall it. -If it breaks your GCC installation nevertheless, please let me know. +This package provides GCC 8 with C, C++ and D. It doesn't conflict with GCC 5 +shipped by Slackware. -GDC version provided by this package is the latest from the official -"gdc-5" branch. Please note that GDC doesn't support all the latest -features supported by the corresponding DMD version. - -GDC doesn't conflict with DMD, they can be installed and used together. +Since GCC is built several times to bootstrap the D frontend written in D with +an older C++-version, be sure you have about 9 GB of disk space in your +temporary directory. |