• carlos smith (13/13) Jun 17 2005 After i read all what have been said about the
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• carlos smith (14/16) Jun 17 2005 I know about the * GDC Frontend *
• Michael Butscher (6/23) Jun 18 2005 The backend could then be used for other purposes (languages) as well, m...
• Walter (5/7) Jun 18 2005 maybe
• Carlos Smith (6/11) Jun 18 2005 Yes, that would have been very useful.

"carlos smith" <carlos.smith sympatico.ca> writes:

After i read all what have been said about the
impossibility to open source the backend,
i would like to know if the following idea
woul be [more] acceptable by Walter.

Instead of open-sourcing the backend, would that
be a good+acceptable idea to distribute with dmd
( or in a separate file ), a library (or dll)
containing the backend code ?

This would allow *everyone* to experiment with
new ideas...

Or is it viewed as an unfair competition to Walter
work ?

What do you thing ?

Thomas Kuehne <thomas-dloop kuehne.this-is-spam.cn> writes:

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carlos smith schrieb am Fri, 17 Jun 2005 13:12:24 -0400:
 After i read all what have been said about the
 impossibility to open source the backend,
 i would like to know if the following idea
 woul be [more] acceptable by Walter.

 Instead of open-sourcing the backend, would that
 be a good+acceptable idea to distribute with dmd
 ( or in a separate file ), a library (or dll)
 containing the backend code ?

 This would allow *everyone* to experiment with
 new ideas...

http://home.earthlink.net/~dvdfrdmn/d/


Thomas


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"carlos smith" <carlos.smith sympatico.ca> writes:

 http://home.earthlink.net/~dvdfrdmn/d/


 Thomas

I know about the * GDC Frontend *
This is an important and very cool project and
i certainly does want it to continue.

But...

I am asking about the Walter's stuff.
Using Walter's backend, would offer
greater compatibility, easier transition
to new versions, ...

I may be wrong, but i think GDC will
always be 1 or 2 versions behind
the official distribution.

Also, modifying the official ditribution
may make it easier for Walter to accept
contributions from the outside world.

Michael Butscher <mbutscher gmx.de> writes:

carlos smith wrote:
 After i read all what have been said about the
 impossibility to open source the backend,
 i would like to know if the following idea
 woul be [more] acceptable by Walter.
 
 Instead of open-sourcing the backend, would that
 be a good+acceptable idea to distribute with dmd
 ( or in a separate file ), a library (or dll)
 containing the backend code ?
 
 This would allow *everyone* to experiment with
 new ideas...
 
 Or is it viewed as an unfair competition to Walter
 work ?
 
 What do you thing ?

The backend could then be used for other purposes (languages) as well, maybe 
Walter does not want that.

Maybe somebody could extract the GCC backend instead and create an easy to 
use(!) library out of it?



Michael

"Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

"Michael Butscher" <mbutscher gmx.de> wrote in message
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 The backend could then be used for other purposes (languages) as well,

maybe
 Walter does not want that.

The reason it isn't done is because it's a lot of work to split it off as a
library, document it, etc.

"Carlos Smith" <carlos.smith sympatico.ca> writes:

"Walter" <newshound digitalmars.com> wrote in message
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 "Michael Butscher" <mbutscher gmx.de> wrote in message
 news:MPG.1d1e8db775f5b27f989697 news.digitalmars.com...
 The backend could then be used for other purposes (languages) as well,


Yes, that would have been very useful.

 The reason it isn't done is because it's a lot of work to split it off as

a
 library, document it, etc.

Very understandable.
Thanks.