D compiler as part of GCC

[Peter Alexander]

On 2/01/11 2:43 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 1/2/11 8:10 AM, Peter Alexander wrote:
>> On 13/12/10 2:31 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>>> Must be a very simple language.. and Google probably pulled some
>>> strings, or they have someone that worked/collaborated with GCC devs?
>>> dunno..
>>>
>>> On 12/13/10, Bee<iteronvexor at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> How the hell is Go already part of the main GCC distribution? It's
>>>> only a
>>>> year old! If
>>>> I've got this right, GDC won't make it in GCC 4.6, which is going to be
>>>> released next
>>>> year. 4.7 will be released in 2012, around April. That's over a year
>>>> from
>>>> now. WTF?
>>>>
>>
>> Is it possibly because Go is more stable than GDC? (I don't know; just
>> speculating...)
>>
>> In any case, I don't think languages are added due to age. Popularity
>> and stability are probably the most important factors.
>
> The most important factor is having someone on the team pushing for it
> and understanding the process.
>
> Andrei

Ok, maybe that as well :-)