Official compiler

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 18 February 2016 at 15:36:42 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
wrote:
> On Thursday, 18 February 2016 at 14:23:12 UTC, Márcio Martins 
> wrote:
>> I agree, but I don't see why this would have to change. It 
>> shouldn't change. Frontend development could happen on DMD as 
>> the *reference* compiler.
>
> And what exactly is the difference between the "official" 
> compiler and the "reference" compiler supposed to be?

A reference implementation is written to the spec in the simplest 
and clearest possible way so that it is bug free... It is not for 
production...