What would a minimal subset of D look like?

[Mike Franklin]

On Saturday, 22 June 2019 at 06:55:40 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> I am wondering, what would a minimal subset of D look like?  
> Something that would make the syntax/semantics look simple to a 
> newbie wanting to do embedded programming, yet be useful.  
> Let's assume that we are already limited to the better-C subset.
>
> What are the "must have" features?  I assume that "static if" 
> ranks high for most D users, but what else?

I have a few ideas for removing many features of D, preferring 
library implementations instead, but base on your preface, I 
think that is a different goal than what you have in mind.  I get 
the impression you're looking for something more like Microsoft's 
Bosque Language:  https://github.com/Microsoft/BosqueLanguage

If you want something simple for a newbie, I think any 
metaprogramming features are off the table.  But maybe I don't 
understand what you're really looking for.

Mike