Required DMD changes for Mir and few thoughts about D future

[Ilya Yaroshenko via Digitalmars-d]

On Monday, 26 September 2016 at 19:49:27 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
> On Monday, 26 September 2016 at 18:43:38 UTC, Ilya Yaroshenko 
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> To me, it seems pointless to support Mir in DMD. The 
> "functionality" that it brings is speed. Nobody needing 
> absolutely the fastest code is not going to have any interest 
> in DMD. From what I understand of Mir (but correct me if I'm 
> wrong) it is easy enough to replicate its functionality by 
> linking to existing linear algebra libraries. Others can 
> construct a compatible interface if that's something they want.
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> I think Ilya and everyone else working on Mir should push 
> forward with the LDC-based project. Anything else is a 
> distraction.

Yes, the same true for Mir too. A precompiled library based on 
top of Mir GLAS can be used with DMD.