Beta 2.079.0

[Martin Nowak]

On Friday, 23 February 2018 at 09:48:33 UTC, Norm wrote:
> Ability to quickly script in D was a big selling point for D at 
> my workplace, I'd say *the* feature that got uninterested 
> developers listening and trying the language. Being able to 
> replace their Python scripts with a fast native language that 
> is also used for application and drivers development was a 
> winning formula.

Yes, it's regularly mentioned, and indeed D makes a nice Python 
rival in some use-cases like scientific computing.
Usually you don't need a fast native language for scripts though, 
but having to only learn a single language ecosystem can still be 
helpful.