On 22 May 2012 11:58, Jacob Carlborg <d...@me.com> wrote: > On 2012-05-22 12:48, Alex Rønne Petersen wrote: > >> Yes? >> >> But what was your point about a "C back end"? It didn't make sense in >> this context to me at all. > > > If you a self-hosting compiler written in D with a C backend it's easier to > port to other platforms. You just compile the D compiler with it self and > output C code. Then you compile the C code on another platform. > >
That may be a good short term goal. But for the sake of positive argument, would rather output to assembly code. :~) -- Iain Buclaw *(p < e ? p++ : p) = (c & 0x0f) + '0';