Microsoft to contribute to Clang and LLVM project

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Friday, 11 December 2015 at 11:42:31 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> There is a lot demand for an easy path from iOS to Android that 
> does not involve hacks like C#. There was actually a Swift 
> compiler made by another company for that purpose. But with 
> Apple backing this approach it becomes much more attractive.

For those interested, this is the alternative Swift compiler I 
was referring to. I haven't tried it though, but it seems to mix 
with Java/C#:

http://www.elementscompiler.com/elements/silver/