Has D failed? ( unpopular opinion but I think yes )

[silentwatcher]

On Saturday, 13 April 2019 at 08:28:37 UTC, Tofu Kaitlyn wrote:
> On Friday, 12 April 2019 at 23:33:37 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> It's up to all of us whenver we see a thread like that, to 
>> respond appropriately. Don't wait for someone else to.
>>
>> For example, whenever there's a post about D on reddit, 
>> someone from Rust, usually Steve Blatnick, pops up and starts 
>> talking about Rust.
>
> I try to! I try to stick up for D every chance I get... but 
> honestly at this point it is starting to get a little 
> embarrassing to do so. I have been using D for 7 years and been 
> trying to tell people how awesome it is... but after so long 
> and still almost nobody is using it... it kinda makes you 
> wonder what's the point, why do I keep trying? Im not really 
> good enough to contribute to the compiler or make some fancy 
> new library or something.. but I love D and want people to love 
> it too, that's why I find it so sad D is in the place it is.
>
> When I started using D I was in my freshman year at university, 
> back then it looked like D had a real chance of becoming a 
> replacement for C++... now I feel like D has almost no chance 
> compared to back then...
>
> It just feels sad

you are wright, that happened to me too, only earlier.
and now that you read that thread, it becomes hurtingly apparent, 
that the management and the compiler guru have no idea, or just 
don't care, on how to respond to people with valid objections.

this is just sad!
i guess they do it just another time as usual - just wait a 
little bit and let the shit float by.
maybe some of the disciples will come to the rescue and tell a 
story on how great everything is in there niche or with there 
hobby.

i hope somebody takes D1, strips the gc, adds templates, cleans 
up this mess and forgets about the rest of the bloat.