D compiler as part of GCC

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Wed Jan 27 15:40:32 PST 2010


Eldar Insafutdinov wrote:
> Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
> 
>> Eldar Insafutdinov wrote:
>>> Google's Go will be in GCC.
>>> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2010-01/msg00500.html . They are
>>> pushing it very hard.
>> Who is "they"?
>> 
>> Andrei
> 
> Good question. Not sure if it is actually Google, or some enthusiast,
> but certainly that's a good result for a language that was released
> couple of months ago. Not to mention that it's not any near to D at
> this stage. All I want for D, if not being included into GCC
> oficially, but at least to have a maintained GCC compiler.

I agree. Although my perception is that Google itself is not pushing Go 
and that the language does not have legs to resist on merit alone, that 
may change any time. It would be great if D were present in GCC - thanks 
Jerry for your initiative, and please keep it up.

Andrei


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