Beginner ?. Why does D suggest to learn java

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On Tuesday, 21 October 2014 at 11:43:56 UTC, ketmar via 
Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
> and other people keep pointing at languages without templates 
> and metaprogramming as "good for learing". it's closed circle.

The problem with template-programming in XSLT/C++/D is that if 
you want to learn functional programming you are better off using 
a good functional language.