[Semi-OT] I don't want to leave this language!

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On Tuesday, 6 December 2016 at 17:00:35 UTC, Jonathan M Davis 
wrote:
> So, while there are certainly folks who would prefer using D as 
> a better C without druntime or Phobos, I think that you're 
> seriously overestimating how many folks would be interested in 
> that. Certainly, all of the C++ programmers that I've worked 
> with professionally would have _zero_ interest in D as a better 
> C.

I would guess that the vast majority of interest shown in Rust is 
from people who essentially want a better C or C++, with no 
runtime/GC. So, I think Ilya's point is very plausible. D with no 
GC, but with modules, templates, overloading, CTFE, and some 
other features might have been more tempting to the no-GC crowd, 
which includes many hardcore C++ programmers.

Those programmers who are comfortable working in a GC-ed language 
will likely eschew D because D's GC is really not that great.