• Gordon James Miller (12/12) Mar 07 2005 Hello all,
• J C Calvarese (6/13) Mar 08 2005 I think it was all just talk. A nice idea, but no one actually attempted...

Gordon James Miller <gmiller bittwiddlers.com> writes:

Hello all,

I've played around a bit with D over the past year or so and absolutely 
love the language.  I first started working with D under Linux and so 
was able to use the available Linux version.  I have started using the 
MacOSX and I haven't been thrilled with my experiences with gdc.

Anyway, I've long thought that writing to C/C++ and then using the 
native compiler was the better way to go and after doing some googling, 
saw that there was some talk about a 'dfront' compiler that would 
generate C/C++.  Does anyone know the status of this?  Was there any 
source code that was generated and is open source?

Thanks
Gordon Miller

J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:

In article <d0iuur$rih$1 digitaldaemon.com>, Gordon James Miller says...
Anyway, I've long thought that writing to C/C++ and then using the 
native compiler was the better way to go and after doing some googling, 
saw that there was some talk about a 'dfront' compiler that would 
generate C/C++.  Does anyone know the status of this?  Was there any 
source code that was generated and is open source?

Thanks
Gordon Miller

I think it was all just talk. A nice idea, but no one actually attempted it.
(Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.) 

I'm pretty sure that if someone were to write a "dfront" program it would be
popular around here and many people would try using it.

jcc7