Calypso and the future of D

[H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d]

On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 04:24:44PM -0800, Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> I think it's important that we enable Calypso
> (https://github.com/Syniurge/Calypso) and related tooling that interfaces D
> with other languages, notably C++.
[...]
> But first, I want to get better acquainted with Calypso and raise
> awareness of it with coworkers and the larger community. To my dismay,
> the github homepage provides exactly zero "look and feel" use examples
> beyond the mechanics of building Calypso itself.

What exactly is Calypso and what is it supposed to do? The README is
unhelpful in this respect. All I can tell is that it's a fork of ldc.
But why? What does it afford beyond stock ldc? No explanation is given.


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