DMD back end dev-kit

[Simen Kjaeraas]

Koroskin Denis <2korden at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:03:32 +0400, John Reimer  
> <terminal.node at gmail.com> 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
>>
>>
>
> I would donate $100 for that, too.
>
> Not that much for a few man-year project, for we *NEED* that urgently.
> Plain old .lib file with stripped-off debug symbols and a dmd-only  
> license would do the trick.
>
> Please, Walter!

Add another $100 from me.

-- Simen