GCC 4.6

[retard]

Sun, 31 Oct 2010 14:01:02 -0700, Walter Bright wrote:

> Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> Yea, what many people don't realize is that developing within a big
>> business environment is *very* constraining, for various reasons. It
>> really is much easier for a small informal group to write good software
>> than it is for a bigger business environment. But somehow people are
>> brainwashed into thinking that having know-nothing managers sticking
>> their fingers where they don't belong is somehow supposed to produce
>> better results. Larger resources and brainwashing (ie, "brand
>> recognition") are the *only* advantages the business environment
>> provides, all the other advantages go to the small informal devs.
> 
> 
> Another interesting factoid is that I've been told "you can't possibly
> do that" from the experts before I wrote the first line of the C
> compiler right up to today. Retard's comments are typical.

Take a look at GCC now. Take a look at LLVM. Compare with DMC. They both 
generate better code than DMC. I simply have no reason to use DMC (or DMD 
when LDC and GDC implement the spec well enough).

I agree the human resources follow the law of diminishing returns. 
However those resources help in so many ways. You can hire marketing 
people, web designers, document writers. D has improved so much after the 
community was allowed to take part in the development. DMD would suck 
badly if Don didn't help you. I don't know how my comments are typical. I 
base my claims on established facts and real world experiences with D. 
The optimal number of developers surely isn't one.