dmd 2.068, 2.069, 2.0xx Evil Plan going forward

[Martin Nowak via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 20 July 2015 at 21:10:57 UTC, Martin Nowak wrote:
>> 6. Convert the back end to D as well.
>
> Waste of time IMO, there is nothing to gain here.

- We already have a working C++ backend and can interface that 
from ddmd, the other compilers will have to work with a C++ 
interface anyhow.
   Just translating doesn't improve anything for D users.

- The backend generates pretty bad code, we'll never be able to 
catch up with good optimizers. Why should we invest in an 
outdated backend?

- Bugs in the backend are among the worst for users and time 
consuming to fix. Translating the backend risks to introduce new 
bugs.