On 11/20/11 5:31 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 11/20/11 5:22 PM, Danni Coy wrote:
From:
"D naturally compiles to efficient native code."
To:
"D compiles naturally to efficient native code."
I think that naturally applies to D rather than compiles
so perhaps
"Naturally D compiles to efficient native code."
That Yoda sounds said like.
Andrei
On second thought, this seems glib, apologies.
What I really meant to say is that "natural" actually goes to the
process of compilation, not D itself. You can see that by replacing e.g.
"natural" with "easy": D compiles easily to efficient native code.
That's what I meant when writing the sentence, and again it's there to
avoid the fallacy that you'd need a magically advanced compiler to do that.
In fact I've considered adding one more sentence there, but I can't come
up with anything short and good. Something like: "D builds structure on
top of C's object model bedrock, so D compiles naturally to efficient
native code." That is long-ish and, worse, leads to all sorts of
mistaken interpretations.
Andrei
