digitalmars.D - SelfHosting
- Sokolov Yura <Sokolov_member pathlink.com> Sep 11 2005
- J Thomas <jtd514 ameritech.net> Sep 11 2005
- Vathix <chris dprogramming.com> Sep 11 2005
- J C Calvarese <technocrat7 gmail.com> Sep 11 2005
- "Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> Sep 13 2005
Why D is not self hosting language? I mean, could be front end (for example) written in D? And backend too? For a moment we see how C++ killer is written in C++ :-)
Sep 11 2005
J Thomas <jtd514 ameritech.net> I dont think ready its for yet. :-) Sokolov Yura wrote:Why D is not self hosting language? I mean, could be front end (for example) written in D? And backend too? For a moment we see how C++ killer is written in C++ :-)
Sep 11 2005
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 11:23:55 -0400, Sokolov Yura <Sokolov_member pathlink.com> wrote:Why D is not self hosting language? I mean, could be front end (for example) written in D? And backend too? For a moment we see how C++ killer is written in C++ :-)
Here's an older discussion, http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/19857.html
Sep 11 2005
In article <dg1i6b$2m26$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Sokolov Yura says...Why D is not self hosting language? I mean, could be front end (for example) written in D? And backend too? For a moment we see how C++ killer is written in C++ :-)
I take by "self-hosting" you mean "self-compiling". It's in a FAQ: http://www.prowiki.org/wiki4d/wiki.cgi?action=browse&id=FaqRoadmap&oldid=FAQ#Self-CompilingCompiler jcc7
Sep 11 2005
"Sokolov Yura" <Sokolov_member pathlink.com> wrote in message news:dg1i6b$2m26$1 digitaldaemon.com...Why D is not self hosting language? I mean, could be front end (for example) written in D? And backend too? For a moment we see how C++ killer is written in C++ :-)
I'd much prefer it was written in D, it would make maintenance and improvement much easier. But it's got to hook up with the gcc back end and the DMC back end.
Sep 13 2005