Why D isn't the next "big thing" already

[ixid via Digitalmars-d-learn]

On Wednesday, 27 July 2016 at 00:52:30 UTC, Gorge Jingale wrote:
> So, you can see D as a sort of dried up waste land desert with 
> a few nice palm trees growing here and there and a few 
> scorpions. C++, say, is a very lush forest with many tree 
> dwelling monkeys. Which environment would you rather use?

You're forgetting the spiked stick pits that the lush forest is 
full of, and also the monkeys are rabid. =)