Why can't we transpile C++ to D?

[Dukc]

On Thursday, 10 June 2021 at 15:09:02 UTC, Tejas wrote:
> Sorry, I'm rather ignorant when it comes to this, but why can't 
> we use [pegged](https://github.com/PhilippeSigaud/Pegged) to 
> transpile C++ code to D? Then we won't need a nogc compatible 
> std library and so many other things could get easier, like 
> getting legacy code to use Dlang. It might not be worth it for 
> C+17 and beyond, but older codebases could benefit 
> significantly, right?

This is article is about transpiling old C++ to newer C++, but 
the same problem applies with translating C++ to D: 
https://scottmeyers.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-brick-wall-of-c-source-code.html