The dotty compiler frontend has been developed since November 2012 by Martin Odersky. It is expected and hoped for that the list of contributors to the codebase will grow quickly. Dotty draws inspiration and code from the original Scala compiler "nsc", which is developed at scala/scala.
The majority of the dotty codebase is new code, with the exception of the components mentioned below. We have for each component tried to come up with a list of the original authors in the scala/scala codebase. Apologies if some major authors were omitted by oversight.
dotty.tools.dotc.ast
The syntax tree handling is mostly new, but some elements, such as the idea of tree copiers and the
TreeInfomodule, were adopted from scala/scala. The original authors of these parts include Martin Odersky, Paul Phillips, Adriaan Moors, and Matthias Zenger.
dotty.tools.dotc.config
The configuration components were adapted and extended from scala/scala. The original sources were authored by Paul Phillips with contributions from Martin Odersky, Miguel Garcia and others.
dotty.tools.dotc.core
The core data structures and operations are mostly new. Some parts (e.g. those dealing with names) were adapted from scala/scala. These were originally authored by Martin Odersky, Adriaan Moors, Jason Zaugg, Paul Phillips, Eugene Burmako and others.
dotty.tools.dotc.core.pickling
The classfile readers were adapted from the current Scala compiler. Original authors were Martin Odersky, Iulian Dragos, Matthias Zenger and others.
dotty.tools.dotc.parsing
The lexical and syntactic analysis components were adapted from the current Scala compiler. They were originally authored by Martin Odersky, Burak Emir, Paul Phillips, Lex Spoon, Sean McDirmid and others.
dotty.tools.dotc.reporting
Adapted from scala/scala with some heavy modifications. They were originally authored by Matthias Zenger, Martin Odersky, and others.
dotty.tools.dotc.typer
This is new code except for some minor components (e.g. the ConstantFolder). It uses however many solution details that have been developed over time by many people, including Jason Zaugg, Adriaan Moors, Lukas Rytz, Paul Phillips, Grzegorz Kossakowski, and others.
dotty.tools.dotc.util
The utilities package is a mix of new and adapted components. The files in scala/scala were originally authored by many people, including Paul Phillips, Martin Odersky, Sean McDirmid, and others.
dotty.tools.io
The I/O support library was adapted from current Scala compiler. Original authors were Paul Phillips and others.