Calypso and the future of D

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On Friday, 23 January 2015 at 10:52:26 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 1/23/2015 12:34 AM, Max Klyga wrote:
>> I remember Walter arguing against this type of solutions 
>> because it requires a
>> C++ compiler to be bundled with D.
>
> Yes.
>
>> Does that mean that now we are adopting this path instead of 
>> 'extern(C++)' ?
>
> No. I presume it will work much like htod.exe, and extern(C++) 
> will be what Calypso generates.

AFAICS it is not the way Calypso works right now, it does direct 
imports of C++ headers from D modules via `modmap (C++) 
"headerofyourdll.h"` without generating intermediate D binding 
module:
http://forum.dlang.org/post/nuiihxfcgjnaougivker@forum.dlang.org