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 ?

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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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>
> 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.

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

"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,
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.

"Walter" <newshound@digitalmars.com> wrote in message news:d91ub6$108s$1@digitaldaemon.com...
>
> "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.