Why D is not popular enough?

[Shachar Shemesh via Digitalmars-d]

On 14/08/16 21:35, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> I should add that as long as the .di does not import the .d, the
> slowdown due to the computed table will not occur. So the worry is not
> warranted.

I'm not sure the above is true in cases of imports that are not circular 
for the optimal dis, but are circular when flattened. Then again, but 
I'm not close enough to the issue to say for sure.

Shachar