dmd without gcc depency

[tcak via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 25 December 2015 at 12:57:50 UTC, Jardik wrote:
> Now that dmd is written in D language, is it possible to use 
> dmd without the need to have gcc and its libraries installed? 
> Or would it be possible, if I didn't need to call any extern 
> C++ functions? If not, is it planned for dmd to be self hosting 
> in the future?

DMD is the front end of the compiler. Where will the linker be
coming from? I don't think DMD developers are writing a special
linker as well. It only turns codes into object files.