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		spiffytech 12 hours ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why we built Lightpanda in Zig In part, the compiler wasn't fully FOSS until 2017.

WalterBright 12 hours ago [–]

The gdc and ldc compilers were fully FOSS around 2007.

We were able to get dmd's backend license fixed in 2017.

spiffytech 11 hours ago | [–]

Ah, I stand corrected!

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