Handling constructive criticism

[Hans W. Uhlig]

Robert Fraser wrote:
> Hans W. Uhlig wrote:
>> Perhaps this can best be accomplished with gdc. GDC from what I can 
>> gather is dead 
> 
> It's not; it just progresses very slowly. You'll occasionally see a bug 
> marked as closed, so it's going somewhere.
> 
>> but the backend used by GCC is superior to the dm backend (not due to 
>> insufficient coding but simply due to significantly more people giving 
>> loving care, attention and eyes over a long period of time).
> 
> That's a gross generalization. the GCC backend generates better code for 
> some things, the DigitalMars backend generates better code for others.
> 
>> I understand the dm chain will always be the formal one, but perhaps 
>> integrating some of the polishing into gdc might be a good way to 
>> complete a workable product.
> 
> DMD's frontend is used as the frontend of GDC and the backend is 
> closed-source. So what are you thinking about integrating?
> 
>> I would volunteer for this but my knowledge of compilers is 
>> rudimentary at best. Although I will be looking over source code to 
>> see if I can understand how it works.
> 
> Cool!
> 
> I think Dil is where it's at. DMD's frontend is fast, but it's a total 
> mess (I helped port it to Java, where it's even more of a mess), and Dil 
> helps replace that with a sane and hopefully more easily debuggable 
> frontend. Hopefully, Dil will be pluggable so that different backends 
> (GCC, LLVM) will be easily added using just a visitor.

oOo... First question what is Dil besides an herb. Second, where is this 
java code. Java I understand and would probably be a faster read then D 
or C source would.