DDMD as showcase?

[Xavier Bigand]

Firstly is there some progress on the DDMD project or maybe an other D 
boostrap?

There is a lot of thread and debate around the GC of D, I interrogate me 
on the capacity of a project like DDMD to prove to every D users that 
the GC is perfectly usable for system applications. If not it will 
certainly be improve during the DDMD development to a point can satisfy 
almost everybody?

As I know DMD doesn't release memory, these will have to be fixed in 
DDMD to match the memory management most application have to apply.

I see many interesting points in DDMD :
  - prove GC based compiler isn't longer to optimize than the C++ 
version (and capable to reach same performances)
  - will reveal more language issues or phobos miss.
  - will be easier to maintain and update