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[Jacob Carlborg]

On 3/5/10 20:43, dolive wrote:
> Jacob Carlborg �:
>
>> On 3/5/10 02:10, bearophile wrote:
>>> Walter Bright:
>>>> But there's little reason to implement a D compiler from scratch.<
>>>
>>> I'm ignorant about this topic, but I think there are various ways to create a new D front-end:
>>> - Copy the C++ code of DMD and create a small middle-end to adapt it to something else, LDC and GDC have done this. This is the faster way to produce something that works.
>>> - Translate the dmd front-end to D code that looks as much as possible as the original C++. And when it works well, then it can slowly be adapted to use D features, etc. The advantage of this way is that you then can program in D instead of C++, and later people that want to help in the development of this don't need to know C++ too. Another advantage is that such good amount of D code can give ideas to improve D itself. I think someone has tried to do this, but I think there's no working compiler yet (maybe DIL?).
>>> - Create a front-end in D almost from scratch. Maybe Dlang is trying to become this. The advantage is that it's modelled on Clang, that has a nice modular design.
>>>
>>> Bye,
>>> bearophile
>>
>> I add to the above:
>>
>> If you want to create an application or library that uses a D front end,
>> for example an IDE with refactoring and autocompletion, you are forced
>> to write it in C++ and use the GPL license. BTW the DMD front end is
>> probably not very good for this sort of things.
>>
>> /Jacob Carlborg
>
> approve  to implement D frontend  from scratch with D2.
> Should be  to absorb more committer of those, like ddmd and dil author,  do not just one person's project, to form a more powerful community .
>
> vote ?
>
> dolive
>

Sounds like a good idea, though I would choose D1 and tango.