If Zortech C++ and dmc++ are fast, why is dmd's asm slow?

Max Haughton maxhaton at gmail.com
Sun May 30 02:43:29 UTC 2021


On Sunday, 30 May 2021 at 00:04:35 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grostad wrote:
> On Saturday, 29 May 2021 at 23:43:48 UTC, James Lu wrote:
>> I wonder if it could be possible to get some CS PhD candidate 
>> to work on dmc++ to bring its backend up to modern standards.
>
> No, phd=research. Not engineering.

Lots of compiler work is done by PhD students, especially the 
groundwork on new algorithms etc.

The backend would need a complete rewrite which is basically what 
Chris Lattner did his PhD thesis on (or at least on the design of 
said rewrite)


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