D for scientific computing

[John Colvin]

On Thursday, 24 January 2013 at 16:28:29 UTC, Joseph Rushton 
Wakeling wrote:
> On 01/24/2013 02:11 PM, John Colvin wrote:
>> Walter, I know you like working with the current backend and 
>> you understand it
>> etc..., but this gives dmd a bus factor of 1 and is slowing 
>> down code in the
>> process.
>
> Honestly, I don't feel this is too strong an issue.  The point 
> of dmd is to be a reference compiler -- speed is nice if it's 
> possible, but not the most important consideration.

Fair point, i guess the reference doesn't have to be fastest.

> The most important thing is that new frontend updates can get 
> merged quickly into ldc/gdc, so that there is no time lag 
> between new feature development and their incorporation into 
> other compilers.

This would be really great.