ARM first & default LDC

Sat Dec 19 18:23:19 UTC 2020

On Saturday, 19 December 2020 at 17:40:28 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 19.12.20 18:15, claptrap wrote:
>> 
>> 2. People could just add it to LLVM if they want i think. 
>> Might even be easier to write a whole new backend from 
>> scratch, i dont know. IE. Not having DMD doesnt preclude the 
>> benefit that Walter claims DMD gives us.
>> 
>
> Building LLVM from scratch takes multiple hours. Building DMD 
> from scratch (including backend) takes _seconds_.

Why would you?

Wasting effort on ARM when Apple is doing a best of breed for 
free for LLVM is just silly. It is going to be a moving target, 
M1 is just the first iteration. Save the resources for something 
that matters...