[Shootout-list] D violates rules

Tue, 24 May 2005 19:18:55 -0700

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On May 24, 2005, at 6:48 PM, John Skaller wrote:

> According to the Shootout rules,
> to be acceptable a translator should be Open Source.
> [ ... ]
> Digital Mars D is NOT open source as far as I can tell.
> Please check this!
>

Thanks for looking into this.  We need to update the FAQ.

I originally wanted only Open Source stuff (in keeping with Doug's  
original setup).  However, Isaac eventually convinced me to add  
closed-source stuff for comparison.

In D's case, I intend to include the GCC front-end but haven't gotten  
around to doing so.

> If proprietary compilers are allowed in the Shootout I'd love
> to include an EDG based C++ compiler (since they're reputed
> to be the best around).

I'm open to including such a thing, if we can get a free copy for use  
on the build system.  We already include Intel's C++ (which was  
supposedly based on a high-quality implementation).

-Brent

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Isaac eventually convinced me to add closed-source stuff for =
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class=3D"Apple-style-span" color=3D"#0000DD">I'm open to including such =
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