D popularity

[Walter Bright]

On 1/21/2013 8:12 AM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> Before D, I never wanted to write unittests. They were cumbersome,
> required diversion from the task at hand, consumed extra effort, and
> were troublesome to remember to run separately every time you make some
> changes.
>
> D's unittest blocks singlehandedly converted me. :)

One of the fascinating things I learned with D are that making things even 
slightly easier to use can have large, transformative consequences. 3 cases:

1. unittests (as you mentioned)
2. ddoc
3. new lambda syntax