DMD backend quality (Was: Re: DIP 1031--Deprecate Brace-Style Struct Initializers--Community Review Round 1 Discussion)

[H. S. Teoh]

On Thu, Feb 20, 2020 at 01:11:08AM +0000, NaN via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On Wednesday, 19 February 2020 at 19:36:38 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
[...]
> > What does "dropping DMD" mean? Are you going to go around breaking
> > kneecaps if you catch someone working on DMD? It's an open source
> > project and people who want to work on it are going to work on it.
> 
> I assume "dropping DMD" just means making LDC the main reference
> compiler instead of DMD.
> 
> It's not about forcing anyone to do anything, it's about perception,
> for example new users will almost always start with the official
> compiler. So you start to build more user base around LDC, and over
> time, if the d core team is focused in that direction, most people
> will follow suit.
[...]

Good luck getting Walter to agree to abandoning DMD and working on LDC
instead.


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