Compile time executable calling?

[Ali Çehreli]

On 07/15/2013 08:05 AM, Tofu Ninja wrote:

 > We should be as flexible as possible and leave the decision up to the
 > programmer. We shouldn't restrict a feature based on a fictional idea of
 > purity or vague worry of feature bloat(as others have mentioned)

My worry is not vague at all. What stops one from adding emailing 
ability to the compiler then? That would be immensely useful too becaues 
the compiler could email me. (!) Where is the line?

A compiler is a tool that compiles source code in a preset environment. 
Simple is better.

 > especially in a case like this where the implementation is fairly simple
 > and the use cases are immense.

The use cases are not immense compared to the current situation. There 
are lots of free tools that can set the environment for compilation and 
the compiler compiles.

Ali