Compiler Page - Request for review

[Leandro Lucarella]

Robert Clipsham, el 14 de julio a las 00:43 me escribiste:
> Lutger wrote:
> >Some comments: dil is not yet able to compile D as far as I know, which
> >is what the page suggest ("There are a number of compilers that can be
> >used for D")
> 
> That's correct, it's lacking in the semantic analysis required to be
> a complete frontend, and even then it still needs a backend.
> 
> >The dmd table could suggest that it supports D2 with Tango, I recommend
> >formatting it like this: language version   D1.x           D2.x runtime
> >library    phobos, tango  phobos
> 
> I agree it needs changing, and that looks like a reasonable layout to
> me.
> 
> >LDC comes with Tango by default, but I assume phobos or at least
> >tangobos can be used with it? 
> 
> Phobos does not work with LDC, due to the runtime not being compatible.
> With a few tweaks it should work, but I don't know exactly how much
> effort will be required to get it fully working. As for tangobos,
> I believe it works with LDC, I'm unsure of whether it works with the
> latest versions of tango though. If not you're out of luck for phobos
> with ldc.

Last time I checked, Tangobos won't work with LDC because Phobos has
plenty DMD specific version() statements. AFAIK, nobody has worked on
Tangobos since I checked, so I guess you have to be *very* lucky if it
works...

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