Required DMD changes for Mir and few thoughts about D future

[Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d]

On 2016-09-26 21:49, bachmeier wrote:

> To me, it seems pointless to support Mir in DMD. The "functionality"
> that it brings is speed. Nobody needing absolutely the fastest code is
> not going to have any interest in DMD. From what I understand of Mir
> (but correct me if I'm wrong) it is easy enough to replicate its
> functionality by linking to existing linear algebra libraries. Others
> can construct a compatible interface if that's something they want.
>
> I think Ilya and everyone else working on Mir should push forward with
> the LDC-based project. Anything else is a distraction.

He mentions several front end issues, those apply to LDC as well.

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/Jacob Carlborg