ARM first & default LDC

[bachmeier]

On Tuesday, 15 December 2020 at 02:10:26 UTC, RSY wrote:
> I agree with ARM, it should be something everyone could target 
> (crosstarget) easily
>
> As for LDC as default, i disagree, compilation time with LDC is 
> very slow, even in debug mode, so DMD should stay default for 
> the sake of quick iteration during development

Yeah, I think that if you have a workflow where compilation times 
don't matter much, moving away from DMD makes a lot of sense. If 
you have a workflow that involves lots of compilation, D with LDC 
is unimpressive. A fruitful initiative would be improving DMD's 
compilation speeds at the expense of optimizations. Even better 
would be a REPL. Everyone needing blazing speed already uses LDC 
or GDC for those builds.