dmd codegen improvements

[John Colvin via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 27 August 2015 at 13:49:18 UTC, Bruno Medeiros wrote:
> On 19/08/2015 09:22, Dmitry Olshansky wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> I'm interested in ways to reduce that gap.
>>> [...]
>>>
>>> Replace the backend with GDC or LLVM? :-P
>>>
>>
>> Oh come on - LLVM was an inferiour backend for some time.
>> So what? Let us no work on it 'cause GCC is faster?
>
> I can't figure out what you meant: LLVM has an inferiour 
> backend to what? GCC or DMD?

I think he's saying that the argument: "Don't work on DMD because 
it's already far behind" could have been applied to working on 
LLVM when it was far behind GCC.  I don't agree, but I think 
that's what he means.