When did gdc and ldc start?

[Mike Franklin]

On Tuesday, 31 July 2018 at 02:30:12 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> I'm trying to pin down an accurate timeline of D:
>
> * When was the gdc project started, when was its first release, 
> and who gets the credit?

 From https://www.gdcproject.org/

> The GNU D Compiler (GDC) project was originally started by 
> David Friedman in 2004 until early 2007 when he disappeared 
> from the D scene, and was no longer able to maintain GDC. 
> Following a revival attempt in 2008, GDC is now under the lead 
> of Iain Buclaw, who has been steering the project since 2009 
> with the assistance of its contributors. Without them, the 
> project would not have been nearly as successful as it has been.

The earliest forum post I could find from David Friedman is 
"Another front end for GCC" here: 
https://forum.dlang.org/post/c3mnst$2htg$1@digitaldaemon.com

Mike