D compiler as part of GCC

[Steve Teale]

Walter Bright Wrote:

> Leandro Lucarella wrote:
> > I agree that embarking a new front-end will be a huge effort that probably
> > will end up abandoned before it's completed, unless there is some economic
> > sponsorship or something, but having a front-end which copyright can be
> > given to the FSF is a necessary condition to merge GDC (or whatever it's
> > named) to GCC.
> 
> Will they take a fork of the dmd source, such that they own the 
> copyright to the fork and Digital Mars still has copyright to the original?

Go for it Walter - the paths to fame are incomprehensible. Also, you'll still be faster than they are!