D's greatest mistakes

[Json]

Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> On Sunday 28 November 2010 20:19:44 Jack wrote:
>> The post "C#'s greatest mistakes" prompts/begs this post. Have at it,
>> pick up the ball and run with it, don't be shy. I expect Walter and
>> Andrei to answer (if Walter and Andrei so dare!) after others' posts
>> have stopped or stagnated into that cesspool of threaded discussion
>> that is "the subthread" or "tangential thread" (which surely needs a
>> rock anthem).
>
> It's far too early to declare anything to be "D's greatest mistake."

Really? After more than a decade of a cast of thousands? Wait, are you 
the same guys who send things to Mars?

> Of course, there are problems with D, and I'm sure that we'll find
> more as time goes on. No language is perfect.

Wait, I get the feeling from it's/his following/followers that is IS 
perfect. Is it or isn't it, finally?

>  But if you want to be
> able to really determine which choices were good and which were bad,
> you need time and a lot of code being written.

Or maybe that little code has been written means something?

>  It's only once you've
> seen how things work in practice that the biggest flaws will become
> apparent.

Again, a decade and a cast of thousands and "no work in practice" yet? 
C'mon.