D compiler as part of GCC

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 1/2/11 8:10 AM, Peter Alexander wrote:
> On 13/12/10 2:31 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>> Must be a very simple language.. and Google probably pulled some
>> strings, or they have someone that worked/collaborated with GCC devs?
>> dunno..
>>
>> On 12/13/10, Bee<iteronvexor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> How the hell is Go already part of the main GCC distribution? It's
>>> only a
>>> year old! If
>>> I've got this right, GDC won't make it in GCC 4.6, which is going to be
>>> released next
>>> year. 4.7 will be released in 2012, around April. That's over a year
>>> from
>>> now. WTF?
>>>
>
> Is it possibly because Go is more stable than GDC? (I don't know; just
> speculating...)
>
> In any case, I don't think languages are added due to age. Popularity
> and stability are probably the most important factors.

The most important factor is having someone on the team pushing for it 
and understanding the process.

Andrei