On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 01:33:35AM +0100, David Nadlinger wrote: > On Tuesday, 8 January 2013 at 21:57:17 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote: > >We *could* write a cross-compiler, of course, but it still requires > >that you first target the D compiler (written in D) to the new > >platform, and then cross-compile itself to that platform. Whereas > >with DMD, you just use the target platform's C++ compiler and you're > >up and running. > > …except that you can't actually use that compiler for anything, > because – wait for it – it still needs to be retargeted for the new > platform. What kind of new system are you thinking of for which the > first use case would be compiling x86 executables? [...]
Heh, you're right. I appear to be having a streak of making a fool of myself today. T -- Today's society is one of specialization: as you grow, you learn more and more about less and less. Eventually, you know everything about nothing.
