Re: D compiler as part of GCC

2010-01-18 Thread Steve Teale
Nick Sabalausky Wrote: > "Eldar Insafutdinov" wrote in message > news:hj2njd$o1...@digitalmars.com... > > > > Having a solid GDC implementation you can be sure that it will be included > > in distributions (Debian had GDC for quite a long time). > > "had"? Is that a typo or did they drop it?

Re: D compiler as part of GCC

2010-01-18 Thread Jesse Phillips
Nick Sabalausky wrote: > "Eldar Insafutdinov" wrote in message > news:hj2njd$o1...@digitalmars.com... >> >> Having a solid GDC implementation you can be sure that it will be included >> in distributions (Debian had GDC for quite a long time). > > "had"? Is that a typo or did they drop it? > T

Re: D compiler as part of GCC

2010-01-18 Thread Jerry Quinn
Eldar Insafutdinov Wrote: > bearophile Wrote: > > > Jerry Quinn: > > > I'm interested in creating a D front end for GCC that would be part of > > > the GCC codebase. > > > > What about helping LDC devs create a good D2 implementation instead? It's > > probably 1/5 or 1/10 of the work you think

Re: D compiler as part of GCC

2010-01-18 Thread Nick Sabalausky
"Eldar Insafutdinov" wrote in message news:hj2njd$o1...@digitalmars.com... > > Having a solid GDC implementation you can be sure that it will be included > in distributions (Debian had GDC for quite a long time). "had"? Is that a typo or did they drop it?

Re: D compiler as part of GCC

2010-01-18 Thread Eldar Insafutdinov
bearophile Wrote: > Jerry Quinn: > > I'm interested in creating a D front end for GCC that would be part of the > > GCC codebase. > > What about helping LDC devs create a good D2 implementation instead? It's > probably 1/5 or 1/10 of the work you think about, because lot of work is > already d

Re: D compiler as part of GCC

2010-01-18 Thread Lutger
On 01/18/2010 03:45 AM, Jerry Quinn wrote: [also posted to D.gnu] Hi, folks, I'm interested in creating a D front end for GCC that would be part of the GCC codebase. My feeling is that a GDC that is part of GCC distributions will likely have more life than one that must be updated whenever a

Re: D compiler as part of GCC

2010-01-18 Thread bearophile
Trass3r: > Is D2 support being worked on at all? Just a little, a strong external help can be quite useful to push them in that direction. Bye, bearophile

Re: D compiler as part of GCC

2010-01-18 Thread Trass3r
What about helping LDC devs create a good D2 implementation instead? It's probably 1/5 or 1/10 of the work you think about, because lot of work is already done, and surely some people will help you (me too). Is D2 support being worked on at all?

Re: D compiler as part of GCC

2010-01-18 Thread bearophile
Jerry Quinn: > I'm interested in creating a D front end for GCC that would be part of the > GCC codebase. What about helping LDC devs create a good D2 implementation instead? It's probably 1/5 or 1/10 of the work you think about, because lot of work is already done, and surely some people will

Re: D compiler as part of GCC

2010-01-18 Thread Walter Bright
Jerry Quinn wrote: My personal desire is to implement (and track) the 2.0 language since I would like to see that feature set available through GCC. Second, by the time a working front end becomes part of GCC, the 2.0 language will likely be complete. One question I have (of many) is whether a