Self-hosting D compiler -- Coming Real Soon Now(tm)

[ketmar via Digitalmars-d]

On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 11:54:08 +0200
Daniel Kozak via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:

> What? I don't see any problem with binary blob. With gcc it is same I
> need binary blob to be able to compile gcc from source. And if I am
> really scary of binary dmd compiler I can still use last C++ version
> and compile it with gcc, then use this product to compile next ddmd
> and so on.
as i said -- good luck with it. D is not GCC (yet?), and GDC is not a
part of GCC. it's very naive to assume that FOSS programmer that wants
to try D will take last C++ version, then compiles it, than compiles
next D version and so on. he will take either gdc from distro repo (and
this will be old, if not ancient) just to find that it has no shiny new
features the programmer just read about in NG, or will try to build
HEAD and... and drop D, 'cause "if they make it so hard to build their
compiler, they can play with it without me".

inability to be built with GCC out-of-the-box pushing D into
marginality. and inability to use new shiny compiler features 'cause
compiler should be buildable with previous versions too. and this will
effectively kill language progress: "we will not change this, 'cause
it's breaking change and old compilers will not be able to build new
ones".

lose-lose-lose. being self-hosting is cool, but it will turn D into C++
(by spirit).
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