c++ to d converter or c to d

[John Reimer]

On Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:19:13 -0800, janderson <askme at me.com> wrote:

> Lame question 343242#
>
> Has anyone written a c++ to d converter (I'm not talking about wrapping  
> a lib, I'm talking about the syntax)?  I'm not volunteering however I  
> was thinking if it was made easier to convert c++ to d people may be  
> more likely to switch over.
>
> If not I'm sure it would be a challenge however if it could do 90% of  
> the work (and perhaps even automatically download the dependent  
> libraries from a webpage and convert stl over to d's form) people would  
> be able to say, "hay I converted our project to d on the weekend, its  
> 50% in code size and runs just as fast, why don't we switch over and  
> improve our productivity."  Well thats a just a dream, but it would help  
> I think.
>
> Legacy code is the biggest hurdle in getting D widely accepted.  No-one  
> is going re-invent years of work.
>
> -Joel


Just curious, are you the Joel Anderson from Australia that was active on  
this list a couple of years ago?

-JJR