Who here actually uses D?

Bruno Medeiros brunodomedeiros+spam at com.gmail
Tue Feb 1 12:23:08 PST 2011


On 03/01/2011 20:53, Daniel Gibson wrote:
> Am 02.01.2011 05:00, schrieb Walter Bright:
>> Caligo wrote:
>>> You don't get it! If only one back-end was used then there wouldn't be
>>> three different groups working on three different projects that try to
>>> accomplish the same thing.
>>
>> Back when there was only one D compiler, people complained there was
>> only one. They needed more to feel comfortable using it. Now that there
>> are three, the complaints switch 180 degrees.
>
> It's just different (kinds of) people complaining ;-)

Indeed. But also, and in all fairness, I think some of the people that 
complained there was only one compiler, had in mind the desire to have a 
*different* implementation of a D compiler (this would be helpful, for 
example, to validate the "specification" of the D language). But that is 
not what we have, all current three compilers are based on DMD.

(note: I'm not implying having more compiler implementations is an 
important thing right now, or in the near future)


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Bruno Medeiros - Software Engineer


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