On Friday, 6 March 2020 at 21:27:12 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 3/6/2020 5:08 AM, Dibyendu Majumdar wrote:
>> On Friday, 6 March 2020 at 11:02:36 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>>> On 3/5/2020 12:51 PM, Dibyendu Majumdar wrote:
>>>> Has there ever been an attempt to create a C backend for D?
>>>
>>> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22402123
>> 
>> Well most reasons stated in that thread appear to be spurious? Only one that is perhaps a valid issue is debug info.
>
> I know people like to argue with me about the validity of the points. Most of them are value judgements, and I consider it compelling. With enough effort, one can make anything work.

Notably absent from the OP's post is a compelling argument in favor of a C backend.

On Saturday, 7 March 2020 at 02:41:27 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>> I know people like to argue with me about the validity of the points. Most of them are value judgements, and I consider it compelling. With enough effort, one can make anything work.
>
> Notably absent from the OP's post is a compelling argument in favor of a C backend.

My question was whether anyone had done this before ... not an ask to create one. So no argument needed. I was curious, that's all.