Automated source translation of C++ to D

[Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d]

On 9/6/2014 11:42 AM, Andrej Mitrovic via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> On 8/21/14, Walter Bright via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d at puremagic.com> wrote:
>> The trouble is, D is not a perfect superset of C++, not even close
>
> I don't think that's important for porting. To quote:
>
> -----
> Engineering teams at Mozilla and Epic ported the award-winning Unreal
> Engine 3 (UE3) to the Web in just four days using the powerful
> combination of asm.js and Emscripten, which enables developers to
> compile C++ code into JavaScript.[1]
> -----
>
> [1] : https://www.unrealengine.com/news/epic-games-releases-epic-citadel-on-the-web
>
> I'm still amazed that this is even possible. But it makes me think
> what does JS have over D that makes this possible? I have a feeling
> it's only down to the number and capability of people working on such
> a project which guarantees it's success (JS is important, and the
> Unreal Engine is important).
>

I'd have to see the source code and the translated code to form any judgement 
about that.