Why D is not popular enough?

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On Friday, 12 August 2016 at 14:24:06 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> On 8/12/16 10:19 AM, bachmeier wrote:
>> On Friday, 12 August 2016 at 09:38:13 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
>> wrote:
>>> From the best of my knowledge you cannot do these things in 
>>> in C++:
>>
>> The most important thing is what you can't do in D: read a 
>> Scott Meyers
>> book.
>
> That's the last thing D needs.
>
> -Steve

Though people could enjoy an article explaining how shared works 
:)