dmd 2.068, 2.069, 2.0xx Evil Plan going forward

[ketmar via Digitalmars-d]

On Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:17:21 +0000, Martin Nowak wrote:

> - The backend generates pretty bad code, we'll never be able to catch up
> with good optimizers. Why should we invest in an outdated backend?

the one reason is that it's small and doesn't require 3rd-party libraries 
to build. while it's not the best backend out here, change-compile-full-
rebuild cycle is very fast for DMD, and doesn't require to install gcc 
sources or llvm.

yet i'm not sure that this reason will outweigh the translation and 
maintenance burden.
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