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

[Walter Bright]

On 4/20/2019 2:55 AM, Joseph Rushton Wakeling wrote:
> Agreed.  If anything it seems more of a problem that, while we have multiple 
> compilers, they're all based on the same frontend and library implementations.  
> Having a true 3rd-party implementation would be a real test of the maturity of 
> the language and its spec.

Many of the different C++ compilers were based on the same front end, usually 
Edison Design Group's.