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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>I was curious about how hard it would be to create
a different “language front end” for D?<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>Since you (Walter) have made the compiler front end
(lexer, parser, etc) source code available,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>would it be possible for someone to modify it and
create a different (for example, something <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>more like VB) language syntax that would still work
with the back end compiler?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>I realize most of you long time C\C++ programmers
probably couldn’t see any need for <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>such a thing, but others of us (at least me) would
prefer something not quite as cryptic <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>as C like syntax.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>I’ve never written a
compiler\lexer\parser\etc. so I don’t know what all would be involved <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>in creating a different syntax.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>In theory, it doesn’t seem like it
should be “all” that hard…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
mso-bidi-font-family:Arial'>But then, naiveté is great isn’t it.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span></span></font><font face=Wingdings><span
style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;mso-hansi-font-family:
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Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>J</span></span></font><span
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