Is it feasible to slowly rewrite a C++ codebase in D?

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On Wednesday, 11 July 2018 at 20:38:13 UTC, Dukc wrote:
> On Wednesday, 11 July 2018 at 19:41:37 UTC, Jordi Gutiérrez 
> Hermoso wrote:
>> Just getting it into -betterC territory seems like a very 
>> daunting task.
>
> You do not need -betterC anymore. At least the LDC frontend 
> will only add linking hooks for what you use, -betterC or no. 
> No need build a stub runtime anymore or give a switch to the 
> compiler to not use the default one.
>
> I know because I compile to JavaScript: first to LLVM bitcode, 
> then manual link (with llvm-link), then to JavaScript using 
> Emscripten. I only have to compile those parts of DRuntime and 
> Phobos I use. Its unlikely I could even have a stub runtime to 
> work, so this is the only reason I can use D in my web page to 
> any real degree.

Also since 2.079 the GC (and many parts of Phobos) get lazily 
initialized, so while I think there are still some features that 
might require initialization, it might also be feasible to simply 
use normal D.

Have you already tried this?