Tail pad optimization, cache friendlyness and C++ interrop

[SomeDude via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 21 June 2014 at 10:49:57 UTC, Artur Skawina via
Digitalmars-d wrote:
>
> It's not about being able to contribute to DMD, it is about 
> being able
> to work on /other/ projects. If contributing to DMD carries the 
> risk of
> affecting the latter then it's simply best to avoid it; it's 
> not a risk
> worth taking, just for a few small improvements. Significant 
> work often
> starts with simple and trivial fixes; if scratching-an-itch is 
> too costly
> then major contributions suffer too. Note that whether the risk 
> is
> significant, or even real, doesn't really matter much -- it's 
> the cost of
> making the decision that matters. 
> Just-submit-a-small-patch-to-a-boost-
> -licensed-project turns into 
> investigate-the-licensing-and-evaluate-all-
> -the-potential-legal-implications. It's enough to discourage 
> submissions
> *even in the cases where there is no problem*.
>
> artur

I really don't see what the issue is. If the projects are
unrelated, there is no  reason there could be a "contamination".

And even with that, nothing prevents you from working on the
front end with LDC or GDC.