On 11/11/13 5:53 PM, Chad Joan wrote:
On Saturday, 9 November 2013 at 21:45:30 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 11/9/13 9:14 AM, nazriel wrote:
On Thursday, 18 July 2013 at 01:21:44 UTC, Chad Joan wrote:
I'd like to present my vision for a new D compiler. I call it xdc, a
loose abbreviation for "Cross D Compiler" (if confused, see
...
Thank you for reading.
I think C backend is a good idea.
I think C is not a good back-end language. Other backend generators
usually have a white paper explaining why... http://www.cminusminus.org/
Andrei
What would you suggest as an alternative for targeting disparate
hardware like microcontrollers (ALL of them), newly released game
consoles, and legacy platforms that could use D for migration tools
(like OpenVMS on IA64)?
Oh, and I want instantaneous release times. I need to be able to stick
the compiler on a machine it has NEVER seen and say, "Use POSIX
libraries to fulfill Phobos' deps. Use reference counting. DO WORK!".
Or maybe I would say, "Ditch Phobos, we in da sticks. Use reference
counting. GOGOGO!" And I want to be running my D program 5 minutes later.
Let me initially dismiss these:
LLVM: not /everywhere/ yet, and missing on many of the targets I mentioned.
C--: also not everywhere; this is the first I've heard of it.
Java/Javascript/.NET: Actually also good backends, but a different
ecosystems.
Thus, I suggest that C is an AWESOME backend (with C++ for exceptions,
but ONLY if it's available). Destroy :)
Fine with me. I have no stake in this. I don't see how you reach the
conclusion that C is "awesome" given it makes exceptions tenuous to
implement. It does have the advantage of being universally available. If
that's everything you need, sure.
Andrei
