Migrating dmd to D?

[Dicebot]

On Sunday, 3 March 2013 at 05:48:30 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 3/2/2013 8:36 PM, js.mdnq wrote:
>> On Saturday, 2 March 2013 at 23:09:57 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> On 3/2/2013 3:00 PM, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
>>>> On 3/2/13, Dicebot <m.strashun at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Wow, I have never known something like that exists! Is there
>>>>> description of what it actually does or source code is only
>>>>> possible reference. Depending on actual limitations, it may 
>>>>> be a
>>>>> game changer.
>>>>
>>>> I had alook, all it does is avoids generating moduleinfo. 
>>>> I'm not sure
>>>> how that helps, the GC still works with this switch.
>>>>
>>>
>>> By not generating moduleinfo, which needs phobos to work, it 
>>> can link with C
>>> only.
>>
>> But isn't there a few language constructs the specifically 
>> rely on the GC?
>
> Yes, and those will fail to link.

Thank you. I need to check out how it works in practice to 
evaluate applicability but that definitely looks like a step in 
needed direction.