How D could gain more traction?

[Panke via Digitalmars-d]

>
> The problem with a kitchen sink approach is that you have to 
> make sure the libraries stay up to date - and phobos already 
> has a few rotting modules.

Which modules do you mean? There are some modules that are 
considered to have a bad design or lacking implementation, but 
none that do not work anymore with the newest DMD.

>
> See: python, many people actively avoid using the standard 
> library in favor of third party libraries that accomplish the 
> same task.

There will always be a better solution in the future than the 
implementation included in the standard library today. However 
that is no argument against the kitchen sink.