A simple rule

[Walter Bright]

downs wrote:
> Well, I can't really argue with that, but please consider that you
> implemented the C++ compiler against a "known set of features", at
> least in part, so to speak, whereas DMD grew with the language. An
> outsider would face the difficulty of building a reliable C++
> compiler, vs. a reliable D compiler, _from scratch_.


When I implemented C++ back in 1986 or so, the "gold standard" was 
Cfront, not the spec. DMC++ definitely did grow with the language, and 
it was "from scratch".