Potential of a compiler that creates the executable at once

[Walter Bright]

On 2/11/2022 4:34 AM, rempas wrote:
> That's nice to hear! However, does DMD generates object files directly

It generates object files directly. No "asm" step. The intermediate code is 
converted directly to machine code.


> Do you think that there are any very bad places in DMD's backend? Has anyone in 
> the team thought about re-writing the backend (or parts of it) from the beginning?

It has evolved over time, but the basic design has held up very well. The main 
difficulty is the very complex nature of the x86 CPU, which leads to endless 
special cases.