Migrating dmd to D?

[Dicebot]

On Saturday, 2 March 2013 at 19:39:15 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 3/2/2013 10:48 AM, Dicebot wrote:
>> As an embedded guy I dream of direct @safe opposite, somewhat 
>> similar to @nogc
>> proposal but even more restrictive, one that could work with 
>> minimal run-time. I
>> have tried to interest someone in experiments with D at work 
>> but lack of
>> compiler verified subset that is embedded-ready was a big 
>> issue.
>
> You can do that now. Use the badly named and rather 
> undocumented "betterC" switch and you can build D apps that 
> don't need phobos at all - they can be linked with the C 
> runtime library only.
>
> I use it to bring D up on a new target.

Wow, I have never known something like that exists! Is there 
description of what it actually does or source code is only 
possible reference. Depending on actual limitations, it may be a 
game changer.