On Sunday, 30 June 2013 at 15:31:19 UTC, SomeDude wrote:
> On Sunday, 30 June 2013 at 13:31:02 UTC, bearophile wrote:
>> cal:
>>
>>> I uploaded a small demo of a D repl i've been playing with,
>>
>> In past I have seen D repls, they come and then they fade away, regardless how much work they have required to be created, or how much refined they are. The fact they have appeared more than once shows some persons desire them. Yet, I see no comments from Walter or Andrei.
>> I think a repl needs to be inside the standard D distribution, it's not an external toy meant to be forgotten, it's one essential tool for D development, like a profiler, debugger, or rdmd :-)
>>
>> Bye,
>> bearophile
>
> It's cool, but it's yet another tool to maintain. Thus their lack of enthusiasm I guess. Unless someone comes forward and is ready to maintain the repl, in which case I think everyone would applaud.

Compiler as a library, usual rant, no need to repeat.

Well, at least point about testing does not really matter anymore - it is automated ;) I wonder what Walter does think about it now - libclang has pretty much proven how awesome compiler front-end as library can be. Was one of main reasons for me to switch from gcc for daily C++ stuff.

On Sunday, 30 June 2013 at 16:59:12 UTC, bearophile wrote:
> Later I have found this (from 2009), where Walter gives me an answer, about D compiler as a DLL:
>
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Compiler_as_dll_82715.html
>
> Bye,
> bearophile

On 2013-06-30 20:00, deadalnix wrote:

> Compiler as a library, usual rant, no need to repeat.

Agree.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

"bearophile" <bearophileHUGS@lycos.com> wrote in message news:aknmrnhodledtmfyphwd@forum.dlang.org...
> Dicebot:
>
>> Can you link his comment? That sounds weird.
>
> It was years ago, maybe more than three years ago. It's not easy to find. I have found discussions about this topic, but not comments from Walter:
>
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/D_Compiler_as_a_Library_164027.html
>
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Compiler_as_a_service_in_C_4.0_104405.html
>
> Later I have found this (from 2009), where Walter gives me an answer, about D compiler as a DLL:
>
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/Compiler_as_dll_82715.html
>

Things have changed a lot since 2009.  This is definitely the way things are headed.  First step: port the compiler to D.