D as A Better C?

[Walter Bright]

I've toyed with this idea for a while, and wondered what the interest there is 
in something like this.

The idea is to be able to use a subset of D that does not require any of 
druntime or phobos - it can be linked merely with the C standard library. To 
that end, there'd be a compiler switch (-betterC) which would enforce the subset.

(First off, I hate the name "better C", any suggestions?)

The subset would disallow use of any features that rely on:

1. moduleinfo
2. exception handling
3. gc
4. Object

I've used such a subset before when bringing D up on a new platform, as the new 
platform didn't have a working phobos.

What do you think?