dmd codegen improvements

[Bruno Medeiros via Digitalmars-d]

On 27/08/2015 17:14, John Colvin wrote:
> 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.

Duh, I somehow misread it as "LLVM has an inferiour backend for some 
time now", which is why I got confused. Yeah, it's clear he was 
comparing with GCC.

I don't agree with his point either.

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