DMD back end dev-kit

[davidl]

在 Wed, 02 Jul 2008 11:51:01 +0800，Bill Baxter  
<dnewsgroup at billbaxter.com> 写道:

> Robert Fraser wrote:
>> John Reimer Wrote:
>>
>>> Hello Bill,
>>>
>>>> It's been talked about before, but exactly how much money do the
>>>> people who own the copyright to DMD's backend want in order to make it
>>>> freely available freely -- as at least a lib?  It's hard to believe
>>>> anyone would appraise that thing with a high dollar value given its
>>>> less than stellar optimization abilities, and since everyone knows you
>>>> can't make much money off dev tools these days anyway.
>>>>
>>>> I'd happily chip in $100 US if it meant finally having an official D
>>>> compiler that anyone can recompile for themselves just by typing "make
>>>> dmd".
>>>>
>>>> Or is it more a matter of not being able to find the copyright holders
>>>> in question to ask them?  If so, give us the names and whatever info
>>>> you have, and I bet someone will be able to track 'em down.
>>>>
>>>> --bb
>>>>
>>>
>>> I'd give another $100.
>>>
>>> -JJR
>>  "Economic Stimulus Act" FTW.
>>  Seriously, though, there's GDC. Maybe LLVMDC, too. So while I wouldn't  
>> say no to a compiling lib of the backend, is it really needed?
>
> GDC's problem is that it is not well maintained.
> LLVMDC's problem is that it just isn't there yet.
>
> Until one of the above two situations changes, DMD will be the compiler  
> I actually use.
>
> And it's worth at least $100 to me in the mean time to be able to build  
> a working version of the D compiler I actually use.  Being able to fix  
> bugs for myself or with the help of the community means at least that  
> much to me.
>
> So it's not a question of whether it is "needed".  Obviously if it were  
> really needed then none of us would be here on this NG.  D would have  
> already failed.  It is wanted.  And the amount I want it right now is  
> about $100-worth.
>
> --bb

 From my point of view, every patches should apply to DMD frontend, so the  
community gets benefit from it.
While the backend dev kit gives the possibility of not *sending* the patch  
to DMD.
The current problem of DMD development is not every patch accepted or  
reviewed before the next DMD release.
Time & partial class is the main problem prevent me from doing some  
backend related stuff. I hope more people can get involved into this. And  
make dparser an experiment ground so people can firstly test their willing  
features in dparser.

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