On Saturday, July 07, 2012 02:10:49 bearophile wrote: > > My guess is that, unless something changes significantly, DMD > > will remain a niche tool; useful as a reference/research > > compiler, but for actual work people will use LDC or GDC. > > The D reference compiler can't be DMD forever.
Why not? Having multiple compilers is great, but I seriously doubt that Walter is going to work on any other compiler (I don't believe that he _can_ legally work on any other - except maybe if he writes a new one himself - because he'd get into licensing issues with dmc), and unless you're talking about years (decades?) from now, I very much doubt that the reference compiler is going to be a compiler that Walter Bright can't work on. I see no problem with dmd being the reference compiler and continuing to be so. And if other compilers get used more because their backends are faster, that's fine too. - Jonathan M Davis
