Reasons to use D (over alternatives like Rust)

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On Tuesday, 4 February 2020 at 19:57:53 UTC, RaycatWhoDat wrote:
> I can tell people how I feel writing the language but I can't 
> give them exact reasons as to why they'd pick D over 
> alternatives like Rust. I was hoping I could get some opinions 
> from the people here and maybe you guys can help me solidify 
> some of my own understandings.
>
> Thanks in advance.

If you prefer GC to borrow checker.

If you have a C++ codebase you want to interact with (D works 
hard on C++ interop, Rust doesn't even try).

If you have a C++ codebase you'd like to convert to another 
language - most C++ constructs map easily to D, with Rust you'd 
have to reorganize most of the application to make borrow checker 
happy.