DDMD and such.

[Trass3r]

>> I think dmd should keep going its way and provide a base..
>> (remember that it also provides a base for gdc/ldc. If dmd switched to D
>> there would also be no updates for LDC and GDC anymore)
>
> Why wouldn't it? LDC and GDC can use the frontend written in D.

No, they are totally based on dmd. Written in C++, directly accessing the  
AST nodes (i.e. no "interface") and even modifying the nodes to contain  
additional info.

> To get this frontend I think the DMD frontend needs to be ported to D  
> without much modification in the first step. DMD would then use the D  
> version of the frontend. When the complete frontend is ported and used  
> by DMD, then we could start refactoring the frontend to make it more  
> modular.
>
> I think this is the most realistic approach. I don't think Walter would  
> just drop the DMD frontend and start with a new one, or use some other  
> frontend developed by someone else.

And he also won't drop dmd even for a 1-to-1 port ;)