preprocessor pass equivalent?

[Simen Kjærås]

On Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:34:19 +0100, Jay Norwood <jayn at prismnet.com> wrote:

> I also found mention of a c++ compiler that someone states can compile  
> c++ and output C.  Kind of weird, but maybe compiling D to expanded D  
> would not be such a stretch.

That's how early C++ compilers worked. Actually, many compilers work/have
worked that way due to the ease of finding a C compiler for just about
any given platform.