Why D is not popular enough?

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 08/12/2016 12:31 PM, Wyatt wrote:
> On Friday, 12 August 2016 at 12:27:50 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> I recall I had a similar reaction as Edward back in the day. No hurt
>> feelings or anything, but the arguments made were so specious I'd roll
>> my eyes whenever I saw them in the C++ forums. -- Andrei
>
> So what changed?  What gave you the initial kick to start moving from
> sideline scoffer to benevolent diarch?

Walter and I talked and he said he'd be interested in working together 
on the kind of things I was interested in: generic programming, static 
introspection, and such. -- Andrei