On 11 September 2014 15:31, ketmar via Digitalmars-d <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, 11 Sep 2014 15:07:48 +0100 > Iain Buclaw via Digitalmars-d <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Just because the compiler is not implemented with shiny new features, >> does not stop progress of implementing shiny new features. > but using new features by compiler authors themselves will allow faster > adoption and better testing. and why don't use D in all it's glory for > compiler code? some people will look at compiler code to find > "idiomatic" way of doing things. and if compiler writers themselves > avoid new features... well, that means that those new features are > dangerous and untested and better be avoided.
That's not a very accurate view at all. GCC and Clang are written in a very idiomatic C++, but does that make people think C++x14 features are dangerous and untested? Iain.
