LLVM

[Charlie]

Hmm, I don't think it uses GCC as a backend.

 From the website: We find that LLVM is able to compile C++ into 
substantially better code than GCC .

It says it can use the GCC front-end for its LLVM backend, which I think 
is the opposite of GDC, which uses DMD front end to produce a tree 
usable by GCC backend.

I think DMD Frontend translated to LLVM backend would be completely 
independent of GCC, and the more compilers the better!

Charlie


Gregor Richards wrote:
> Charlie wrote:
>> A third D compiler would be very cool, especially if its around when D 
>> goes 1.0.
>>
>> Craig Black wrote:
>>
>>>> I have tried it with LLVM's GCC and GDC.  It didn't work 
>>>> out-of-the-box, but I don't think it would take a whole lot of hackery.
>>>>
>>>>  - Gregor Richards
>>>
>>>
>>> How long ago did you try this?  LLVM just released a new 1.9 version 
>>> that they claim is way better.  I'm not sure what you mean by 
>>> out-of-the-box. But, like you say, I don't think it would be a 
>>> massive effort.  It seems that LLVM is pretty well thought out.
>>>
>>> -Craig
>>>
> 
> LLVM uses GCC, so in all fairness it would hardly be a third D compiler, 
> it would just be another face of GDC.
> 
>  - Gregor Richards