D for scripting?

[Russel Winder via Digitalmars-d]

On Fri, 2017-01-20 at 07:10 +0000, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-
d wrote:
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> 
> It would be worth it. I think a fix takes some thinking because if I 
> remember correctly the compiler does not accept files without an 
> extension as input. So rdmd would need to use a workaround - e.g.
> create 
> a temporary symlink, compile, and remove the symlink. -- Andrei

Someone mentioned that rdmd can be separated from the dmd distribution
and distributed on it's own. I think this would be a splendid idea.
rdmd over ldc2 could then be distributed via Debian and Fedora
packaging by the people who package ldc2 for Debian and Fedora.
 
-- 
Russel.
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