Migrating D front end to D - post Dconf

[David Nadlinger]

On Saturday, 11 May 2013 at 15:16:29 UTC, Daniel Murphy wrote:
> "Iain Buclaw" <ibuclaw at ubuntu.com> wrote in message
> news:mailman.1201.1368284962.4724.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
>>
>> Actually, the more I sit down and think about it, the more I 
>> question
>> whether or not it is a good idea for the D D front end to have 
>> a dependency
>> on phobos.   Maybe I should stop thinking in general.  :)
>>
>
> Yeah, the compiler can't depend on phobos.

Why?

If we keep a "must compile with several past versions" policy 
anyway, what would make Phobos special?

David