QtD 0.1 is out!

[Walter Bright]

Yigal Chripun wrote:
> this is related to D's compilation model which is copied from C/C++ and 
> it seems to me that this model is outdated. C#'s model of assemblies and 
> metadata seems more capable. for instance there's no need for header 
> files, that info is stored in the metadata of the assembly.

D can do the same thing - it can use the source of the module directly, 
or it can use a hand-generated 'header' file, or an automatically 
generated 'header' file. The latter is semantically indistinguishable 
from compiling the source module to a "metadata" file.

I originally considered having D write such a "metadata" file, until I 
realized I didn't have to invent a format and a writer and reader for 
that format. I could just use the D source code notation as a "metadata" 
file and reuse the existing code.