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

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On Wednesday, 27 July 2016 at 16:26:47 UTC, Seb wrote:
> My personal opinion is that the two biggest problems are
>
> 1) it has no unique selling point (USP):

I don't necessarily agree. I think that D's USPs as seen 
externally are simplified and powerful metaprogramming abilities, 
and being a better or "cleaned-up" C++. Internally we all know 
that D has many USPs.