Go 1.9

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Saturday, 24 June 2017 at 09:35:56 UTC, Ecstatic Coder wrote:
>>> I'm assuming that D is for general purpose programming as 
>>> well.
>>
>> That seems to be where it is heading.  I don't think D stands 
>> a chance in that domain, but we'll see.
>
> With all due respect, on the contrary I think that promoting D 
> as a general purpose programming language could be its only 
> chance to really improve its popularity, and thus significantly 
> grow its current user base.

Most programming languages are technically "general purpose", but 
when projects look for tooling they aren't looking for something 
generic, they are looking for a solution to a specific domain.

So, for a language to succeed you need to provide the best 
solution to something specific.