SDC & ddmd

[Piotr Szturmaj]

Iain Buclaw wrote:
> On 10 December 2011 07:54, Piotr Szturmaj<bncrbme at jadamspam.pl>  wrote:
>> Bernard Helyer wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi, primary author of SDC here.
>>>
>>> Existing compilers (DMD, LDC, GDC, DDMD) all descend directly from the
>>> DMDFE. The DMDFE is thus the only real source of true semantics of the
>>> language, except where directly contradicted by Walter, Andrei, or TDPL.
>>> For the ecosystem to not become inbred, a new front-end is needed.
>>>
>>> Furthermore, like others, I have become frustrated at the various bugs
>>> of the frontend. These bugs are passed on to all other compilers because
>>> of the afore-mentioned ubiquity of the front-end.
>>
>>
>> On the other side all bug fixes are also passed on to all compilers.
>> Rewriting entire frontend would certainly introduce another set of bugs.
>
> Sure, but that is not an excuse to discourage such development (and we
> could certainly go turtles all the way down with this argument, as all
> bugs created are passed on to all compilers too!)

Yes, that was Bernard's argument. :)

I'm not against anything and I wish the best for this project. :)
However, care must be taken to ensure that compilers are compatible. The 
number of bugs in DMD bugzilla reminds me how hard it is to implement 
such compiler.