Building the compiler in 2 seconds with `dmd -i`

[Dany12L]

On Friday, 19 May 2023 at 16:42:45 UTC, max haughton wrote:
> The makefiles were a complete mess

The make files for posix weren't that bad, they could be improved

> on windows due to the ambiguity between digital mars and msvc 
> make

Yes these were awful, Digital Mars Make shouldn't be used at 
all...

> Not against removing build.d in principle though, just keep in 
> mind you have to replace 100% of the functionality.

build.d is cool but very complex to manage for those who don't 
know it, while the makefiles (at least the posix ones) are much 
clearer without needing to know anything