D compiler daily downloads at an all-time high

[Saurabh Das via Digitalmars-d-announce]

On Monday, 16 November 2015 at 15:20:51 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> http://erdani.com/d/downloads.daily.png
>
> There have been 1677 dmd downloads per day (net after 
> discounting Travis CI) on average over the past 28 days (i.e. 
> four weeks ending Sunday, November 15).
>
> That's a new all-times high ever since we started measuring on 
> January 02, 2013. The previous record, 1630 average daily 
> downloads, was established in the four weeks ending November 
> 17, 2014.
>
> Congratulations to everybody who contributed for making this 
> happen. The hardest part is ahead of us - increased attention 
> brings more scrutiny and demands. Professional execution, 
> stronger participation, and rallying behind our fundamental 
> goals are key to carrying the D language forward.
>
>
> Andrei

There might be a November-bias, hard to say from 2 data points, 
but:

I've been reading some very persuasive articles on popular 
programming forums about D in the last 2 weeks. In particular, 
Andrei's reply on Quora was very well written and highly quotable 
and the thread of Reddit was well received too.

I'd say the current bump in downloads is probably a result of 
this good press.

Cheers!
SD