Official DMD compiler written in D

[H. S. Teoh]

On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 01:33:35AM +0100, David Nadlinger wrote:
> On Tuesday, 8 January 2013 at 21:57:17 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> >We *could* write a cross-compiler, of course, but it still requires
> >that you first target the D compiler (written in D) to the new
> >platform, and then cross-compile itself to that platform.  Whereas
> >with DMD, you just use the target platform's C++ compiler and you're
> >up and running.
> 
> …except that you can't actually use that compiler for anything,
> because – wait for it – it still needs to be retargeted for the new
> platform. What kind of new system are you thinking of for which the
> first use case would be compiling x86 executables?
[...]

Heh, you're right. I appear to be having a streak of making a fool of
myself today.


T

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