DMD vs. GDC vs. LDC

Question

What are the Pros/Cons of the different D Compilers? How is the performance and the standard compliance/D2 support? How well are debuggers supported? How good are the Error mess

Answer 1

1. Significant drawback of DMD is shared library deficiency:
   • on Windows
   • on Linux
     
     
2. I personally was surprised that GDC supports D2, but they say it does:
   • D1: 1.067
   • D2: 2.053
     
     
3. LDC definitely seems to be scarcely maintained: "D2 is working on x86-32 Linux only". To me, it's a showstopper issue.
   
   
4. While searching for LDC I've found one more compiler (?!): dil. I haven't tested it yet, but at least it's currently maintained. I'll research more on this topic ASAP. EDIT: As it was pointed out in comments, dil isn't close to a somewhat complete state for now — it is only able to parse the code and generate documentation from sources.