Thoughts on replacement languages (Reddit + D)

[Kiith-Sa via Digitalmars-d]

On Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 12:57:17 UTC, MattCoder wrote:
> On Sunday, 11 January 2015 at 06:56:02 UTC, thedeemon wrote:
>> At this moment I only see some popularity comparisons
>
> Yes in fact they are talking more about popularity between both 
> languages.
>
>> and I think they're generally correct...
>
> Since I'm relative new here, I want know from you agree with 
> this statement:
>
> "
> [–]clay_davis_sheeit 4 points 17 hours ago*
>
> get real. D is more dead now than it was a year ago. if you 
> won't accept repo counts, look at how many people attended D 
> con vs Gophercon
> "
>
> Matheus.

That guy has been trolling every D thread in the last year.

Either way, D is definitely way more popular/active than it was a 
year ago, especially with a large jump around last summer, but 
not nearly as much as Go nor Rust at the moment. (D << Rust << Go 
at the moment as far as popularity is concerned).