DConf 2013 Closing Keynote: Quo Vadis by Andrei Alexandrescu

[Joseph Rushton Wakeling]

On Wednesday, 26 June 2013 at 19:01:42 UTC, Joakim wrote:
> Why are they guaranteed such patches?  They have advantages 
> because they use different compiler backends.  If they think 
> their backends are so great, let them implement their own 
> optimizations and compete.

I could respond at greater length, but I think that substantial 
flaws of your point of view are exposed in this single paragraph. 
  GDC and LDC aren't competitors, they are valuable collaborators.