Feq questions about the D language

[Alex Rønne Petersen]

On 11-03-2012 22:57, Caligo wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 11, 2012 at 3:00 PM, Alex Rønne Petersen
> <xtzgzorex at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>> False. MCI is 20k+ lines. We have around 4 workarounds for DMD bugs in the
>> source. That is all.
>>
>> --
>> - Alex
>
>
> Well, I don't know what MCI is.  Maybe you could give us a link?

https://github.com/lycus/mci

>
> My own project is maybe 5K lines, and there are at least 4-5
> workarounds.  iirc, in the past year I have discovered and reported
> half a dozen new bugs, and I have encountered a few dozen bugs that
> have already been reported and/or later fixed.  I'm sorry, but time
> wasted because of bugs is not fun, UNLESS you are there specifically
> to find and resolve DMD issues.

No argument from me there!

>
> And just for the record, there are software projects that are millions
> of lines of code in C/C++ and have ZERO workarounds.  Also, I have
> never encountered a bug in GCC when programming in C++, even when
> trying out the latest C++11.

I kind of doubt that they have no workarounds *at all*. I mean, really, 
every C/C++ compiler has quirks.

-- 
- Alex