Could D have fit Microsoft's needs?

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On Thursday, 18 July 2019 at 23:00:03 UTC, bauss wrote:
> Microsoft has published article about needing a safer system 
> programming language.
>
> https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/07/18/we-need-a-safer-systems-programming-language/
>
> Could D (Most likely as betterC) have fit into that domain OR 
> is it not yet safe?

Rust is the winner.
https://msrc-blog.microsoft.com/2019/07/22/why-rust-for-safe-systems-programming/