using C with D

[Gregor Richards]

Micah Heyer wrote:
> Hi everyone,
>  Lately I've been taking another look at D and I've been thinking about 
> using it instead of c++,but the single most thing holding me back is the 
> ability to use C libraries with out having to recreate the headers.I 
> understand why this feature was left out of D,but with out the ability 
> to easily use C libraries I just have to stick with C++.To me one of the 
>  strengths of C++ and probably one of the reasons it is in use as much 
> as it is to day is that it is backwards compatible with C.
> So here is what I'm wondering: would it be possible, through 
> modification of gcc,to have the compiler export a D style symbol table 
> for importing into D projects?Is this a ridiculous idea or would it 
> actully be feasible?
> 
> -micah

Not only is it feasible, I did it months ago.

http://www.dsource.org/projects/bcd/

  - Gregor Richards