On 5/11/13 1:10 PM, Daniel Murphy wrote:
Yes it's possible, but it seems like a really bad idea because:
- Phobos is huge
- Changes in phobos now have the potential to break the compiler
The flipside is:
- Phobos offers many amenities and opportunities for reuse
- Breakages in Phobos will be experienced early on a large system using them
I've talked about this with Simon Peyton-Jones who was unequivocal to
assert that writing the Haskell compiler in Haskell has had enormous
benefits in improving its quality.
Andrei
