• Sokolov Yura (3/3) Sep 11 2005 Why D is not self hosting language?
• J Thomas (2/7) Sep 11 2005
• Vathix (4/7) Sep 11 2005 Here's an older discussion,
• J C Calvarese (5/8) Sep 11 2005 I take by "self-hosting" you mean "self-compiling".
• Walter Bright (5/8) Sep 13 2005 I'd much prefer it was written in D, it would make maintenance and

Sokolov Yura <Sokolov_member pathlink.com> writes:

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++ :-)

J Thomas <jtd514 ameritech.net> writes:

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++ :-)
 
 

Vathix <chris dprogramming.com> writes:

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

J C Calvarese <technocrat7 gmail.com> writes:

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

"Walter Bright" <newshound digitalmars.com> writes:

"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.