On 01/08/2013 06:38 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
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
I'm embarrassed to admit that I didn't understand the problem until I
read your response...
I love the idea of a D compiler in D.
Walter might have issues with working on any other compiler backend
other than digitalmars, wasn't that what was determined by previous threads?
