Why D is not popular enough?

[Adam D. Ruppe via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 30 August 2016 at 11:29:45 UTC, John Burton wrote:
> As I said not really a complaint ... But it d make me think d 
> was too high level a language with too much 'magic' . Other 
> people will have different opinions

Indeed, I'm not a fan of that example either...

but we could turn this weakness into a strength: have two 
side-by-side implementations and emphasize that the same language 
handles both styles.