Required DMD changes for Mir and few thoughts about D future

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 9/27/16 10:50 AM, Ilya Yaroshenko wrote:
> On Tuesday, 27 September 2016 at 07:01:08 UTC, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
>> 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.
>
> No, LDC for example does not have the issue
> https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16488 and others too.

Can we make sure all issues that Mir has with dmd and gdc be present in 
bugzilla and tagged with "Mir"? Thanks! -- Andrei