Rant after trying Rust a bit

[Brandon Ragland via Digitalmars-d]

I'm not quite sure I understand why this thread is so hot...

Here's my case in point: Rust may as well be a system-language 
however it appeals more to the high-level programmers of today. 
Your folks from Java, C#, etc. are going to look at Rust with 
awe. Technically speaking, Rust doesn't do anything that cannot 
be done in D. The way you go about doing things may be different, 
and frustrating at times, however that's the basis behind any 
language.

D on the other hand is more of a systems language for C and C++ 
guys.

I'm personally of the opinion that D is wonderful, and it 
certainly has already reduced my headache count tremendously from 
my C++ days.

As for marketing, for novice and intermediate programmers, the 
IDE is the language. D does not have very good IDE support. DDT 
is by far the best, but is fairly easy to break, and still lacks 
the feel of an IDE designed for D natively, as opposed to a Java 
IDE with a plugin running in the background to manage DUB for us.