Google Summer of Code 2013(?)

[Adam Wilson]

On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 08:07:24 -0700, alex <info at alexanderbothe.com> wrote:

> I forgot to specify the topic I'd like to work on:
>
> To implement CTFE of D code under .Net - whereas the D code should  
> become compiled into CIL (Common language runtime Intermediate Language,  
> an assembler-like language), so one could execute the 'final' program  
> directly in a .Net environment.
> I know this goal can never be reached within one summer of code - and  
> it's also rather experimental / an entire compiler back-end that has to  
> be implemented (The front-end is mostly there already ;-)) + perhaps  
> needs a bunch of people for such a huge thing, but well..why not?

I just want to throw some caution into the wind here. Many people have  
tried emitting CIL from D source, and have had varying levels of success.  
Ranges in particular seems to a pain point as the CIL has no way to  
express that concept natively. I am not saying this isn't a good idea, as  
it's the only realistic way to do CTFE in the .NET world, just something  
to be careful when approaching.

That said, I come from the C#/.NET world and would love to help make this  
happen.

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Adam Wilson
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The Horizon Project
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