Mainstream D Programming

[Christopher Wright]

Peter C. Chapin wrote:
> Walter Bright wrote:
> 
>> Peter C. Chapin wrote:
>>> Actually it probably would be even better to compile D into C if one was
>>> going to do something like this. C compilers are even more common than
>>> C++ compilers.
>> This came up again recently in a discussion on rewriting the D front end
>> into D. The problem is bootstrapping gdc onto new platforms without
>> engaging a cross compiler. It doesn't seem to be very workable.
> 
> A D2C compiler would probably have to be written in C to be effective.
> 
> Peter

No it doesn't, you just write it in D and compile it with itself, and 
Bob's your uncle.