• Jardik (5/5) Dec 25 2015 Now that dmd is written in D language, is it possible to use dmd
• tcak (4/9) Dec 25 2015 DMD is the front end of the compiler. Where will the linker be
• Joakim (7/12) Dec 25 2015 You don't need gcc to _use_ dmd now, only to build its dmc

Jardik <smidjar2.reg email.cz> writes:

Now that dmd is written in D language, is it possible to use dmd 
without the need to have gcc and its libraries installed? Or 
would it be possible, if I didn't need to call any extern C++ 
functions? If not, is it planned for dmd to be self hosting in 
the future?

tcak <1ltkrs+3wyh1ow7kzn1k sharklasers.com> writes:

On Friday, 25 December 2015 at 12:57:50 UTC, Jardik wrote:
 Now that dmd is written in D language, is it possible to use 
 dmd without the need to have gcc and its libraries installed? 
 Or would it be possible, if I didn't need to call any extern 
 C++ functions? If not, is it planned for dmd to be self hosting 
 in the future?

DMD is the front end of the compiler. Where will the linker be
coming from? I don't think DMD developers are writing a special
linker as well. It only turns codes into object files.

Joakim <dlang joakim.fea.st> writes:

On Friday, 25 December 2015 at 12:57:50 UTC, Jardik wrote:
 Now that dmd is written in D language, is it possible to use 
 dmd without the need to have gcc and its libraries installed? 
 Or would it be possible, if I didn't need to call any extern 
 C++ functions? If not, is it planned for dmd to be self hosting 
 in the future?

You don't need gcc to _use_ dmd now, only to build its dmc 
backend.  Dmd calls your C compiler, usually gcc, to link objects 
on linux, but you could replace that with a direct call to your 
linker if you know what you're doing.  If you don't want to use 
gcc to build dmd itself, there are plans to convert the dmc 
backend to D also, but not for a couple releases.