Who knows about https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/tools/blob/master/update.sh?

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Wed, Jan 28, 2015 at 10:59:26AM -0800, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 1/28/15 10:54 AM, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
> >Am 28.01.2015 um 19:52 schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu:
> >>On 1/28/15 10:46 AM, Benjamin Thaut wrote:
> >>>Same goes for the update.sh, why can't it be a D program?
> >>>(Requiering that Git is in the PATH or maybe searching some
> >>>standard locations).
> >>
> >>Presumably because D is not yet available. -- Andrei
> >
> >I think its safe to assume, that everyone who wants to start
> >contributing to D has at least some D compiler installed before
> >actually hacking druntime / phobos or dmd.
> 
> Ionno, I very much like the "I have nothing installed and I want to
> get my hands dirty". -- Andrei

That will no longer be an option once D becomes self-hosting (DDMD)...

OTOH, just ship the binary! :-P


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