Automated translation from C++ to D

[Hasan Aljudy]

Walter Bright wrote:
> "Georg Wrede" <georg.wrede at nospam.org> wrote in message 
> news:43FB4E35.5080606 at nospam.org...
> 
>>Compile the C++ "half-way" (your choice of which passes), and then 
>>translate that to D source code?
> 
> 
> It would be nearly useless, because one has to adopt different algorithms. 
> 
> 

Why? Aren't the constructs pretty much the same?

C++ classes maybe a hell to parse, but it's possible (obviously has been 
done), and they must be translatable to D classes!

Templates can be translated to templates (I assume ..)

variables to variables ..
functions to functions ..

One thing that comes to mind is passing objects *by-value* but I think 
it can be simulated with D structs? (D structs can be passed by value, 
am I not correct?)