Running D in the Java VM

[Timur Gafarov]

15.11.2013 10:13, Jeremy DeHaan пишет:
> Hey everyone!
>
> I have been experimenting for the past couple of days with an idea I
> had, and since I recently made a little progress I thought I would share
> some of what I have been doing with you. What I have done, in a
> nutshell, is began the process for a language converter that takes D
> source files, converts them into Java source files, and then compiles
> them as Java class files so that they can be ran on Java's VM. It is
> extremely limited in what it can do right now, only being able to
> convert/compile a simple Hello World program, but I was proud of myself
> for getting even that far so I wanted to brag. :P
>
> You may want to ask, "Hey, man. D is a great language. Why would I ever
> want to convert it to Java?" Normally, you wouldn't. Java blows. What I
> am envisioning for this project is something quite magical in my
> opinion. If we can take D code and have it compile into Java class
> files, we can then compile them into Android dex files. This would make
> D able to build and run on Android devices through its VM. Sure, people
> are working on getting D to compile to ARM binaries, but this could be
> another option as a Java alternative on Android.(eventually)
>
> Unfortunately I do not know much about compilers, but even in the last
> couple of days I feel like I have learned a great deal about what kinds
> of stuff goes into them. Eventually I'd like to make a full blown
> compiler that takes D code and can go right to dex files, but that would
> be something that would happen way down the road. In order to get D
> working on Android sooner, I figured a language converter would be the
> easier route.
>
> I can, and would love to go in to more detail about this, but it is
> getting late and this post is already quite long. Maybe I should start a
> blog about my D escapades? Anyways, I would love to hear feedback on
> this idea! Thanks for your time!

Maybe it would be better to compile D directly into JVM/Dalvik bytecode?