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

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 4/14/19 2:09 PM, IGotD- wrote:
> That in mind it is absolute killer feature of D to have a C/C++ FFI that 
> many other languages don't have.

I agree, and sadly it's not a popular enough opinion. A couple of years 
ago I called on the phone two of our most promising contributors who 
asked what they should help with, and pitched the core.stdcpp project. 
They both declined it. No hard feelings - we're grateful enough they 
chose to do other things within the D milieu -, but it goes to show 
that planning and "finding a guy" and telling people what to work on is 
easier said than done, at least for me. I'm glad Manu has taken point on 
that, wished he got wider help.