What would be the best way for a programmer with little to no compiler experience to help out with this project?  Develop non-trivial applications and then submit compiler bugs?  If so, is there some public bug database that I could submit them to, or is this list the place for the time being?  I've read the spec and the whole deal looks quite nice.  I'd like to be able to do something, but I fear that I don't have the proper skills to do any real low level compiler hacking.  In any case, keep up the good work.

Evan

"Evan McClanahan" <Evan_member@pathlink.com> wrote in message news:amns3k$2sed$1@digitaldaemon.com...
> What would be the best way for a programmer with little to no compiler experience to help out with this project?  Develop non-trivial
applications and
> then submit compiler bugs?

Yes!

>  If so, is there some public bug database that I
> could submit them to, or is this list the place for the time being?

Post them here or email them to me.

>  I've read
> the spec and the whole deal looks quite nice.  I'd like to be able to do
> something, but I fear that I don't have the proper skills to do any real
low
> level compiler hacking.  In any case, keep up the good work.

What also helps a lot is to put up a personal web page about D and mention D in topical newsgroup posts. The more D has a presence on the internet, the more 'real' it will be and the more it will increase the comfort level of adopters.