[PATCH 0/13] D: Submission of D Front End

[Iain Buclaw]

On 29 May 2017 at 22:57, Eric Botcazou <ebotcazou@adacore.com> wrote:
>> The upstream DMD compiler that comprises all components of the
>> standalone part is now implemented in D programming language itself.
>> However here GDC is still using the C++ implementation, it is a future
>> goal to switch to being a self-hosted compiler minus the GCC binding
>> interface (similar to Ada?), however extended platform support is
>> something I wish to address first before I make this a consideration.
>
> Yes, the Ada compiler is written in Ada and the glue code (called gigi) lives
> in ada/gcc-interface and is written in C++.
>
> --
> Eric Botcazou

OK, so there should be no surprises when d/dfrontend itself is
replaced by D sources.

Iain.