Where will D sit in the web service space?

[Tofu Ninja via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 23 July 2015 at 08:16:11 UTC, Joakim wrote:
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> Yes, they both captured smaller markets and stopped there, 
> unable to go further.  D is aiming for a bigger market.

Personally I think you both make good points, D really shines as 
a general purpose language, and I wouldn't want to change that. 
But getting D to be a go to language for a niche market would 
help D a lot in terms of adoption, and getting contributors.

As others have said before in this thread, I think where D could 
actually make progress in is in game dev as it has such a massive 
set of needs. D covers a lot of its needs really well, and 
focusing on game dev would not make D itself very niche. Also 
game dev does not really have a go to language other than C or 
C++, so D could really make progress in there as it already 
trying to be a C++ replacement. I don't see go or rust being used 
seriously in game dev either, so less competition.

Though it seems like D is already be moving in that direction. 
Color and image being worked on, allocators and less reliance on 
GC, and all the great game dev related packages in dub, D is 
already moving towards good game dev. Some basic vector math in 
phobos would really be a great addition as well.