"Joseph Cassman" wrote in message
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On Tuesday, 11 February 2014 at 20:02:45 UTC, Meta wrote:
> However, I think DDMD will bring about a small bump in contributors.
> Personally, I haven't used C++ in awhile, and I've grown rusty. At this
> point, D is probably the language I'm most comfortable with, especially
> for hacking on something complex like a compiler. I imagine there are at
> least a few people who feel the same way and are waiting for DDMD before
> they take a crack at contributing.
I have to agree. It's been over ten years since I have done any C++
seriously and as a result feel a lot of friction when trying to get up to
speed on working with the D compiler code-base. Truth be told, that is
part of the reason I like D in the end, it's not C++. Being able to use D
to hack on the compiler would make it much more feasible for me to
contribute.
Joseph
Seriously, don't wait. DMD uses a D-like subset of C++, and DDMD uses a
C++-like subset of D. Working on DMD is unlike any other C++ codebase I
have ever worked on because of this, and is remarkably pleasant.
