One area where D has the edge

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On Tuesday, 27 January 2015 at 15:09:36 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
>> I cannot speak about small team experiences. Our projects 
>> usually take around 30+ developers.
>
> That it is a decent sized team to have to coordinate and it 
> puts emphasis on very different questions.  The context I am 
> thinking of is much leaner - more like special forces than the 
> regular army (I mean in terms of flexibility and need to 
> respond quickly to changing circumstances) - although the sums 
> at stake are likely comparable to larger teams (the area is 
> hedge fund portfolio management).

Out of curiosity, what is lacking in the current commercial 
offerings for hedge fund management? Why not use an existing 
engine?

Also, why D? Why not use a language or platform designed for 
scalability and distributed computing like 
http://chapel.cray.com/ ?