D as A Better C?

[John J]

On 02/11/2014 02:43 PM, Walter Bright wrote:
> 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?)

A new switch?
-OnlyC

A new language?
CD