Why do you continue to use D?

[tastyminerals]

On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 at 11:12:08 UTC, aberba wrote:
> I personally can't use any other system programming language 
> due to the expressiveness and familiarity of D. Its familiar 
> and some syntactic expressiveness are just hard to get in other 
> systems languages...feels easier to model code in D.
>
> I don't use D primarily for work (Node.Js due to packages and 
> cloud support...web services), but D is my go-to system 
> language. Personally, wished I could use D for everything.
>
> I like the community here better, I like the engagement and 
> support. Yeah, it's not perfect but way better than anywhere 
> else I've been.
>
> What are you?

I might sound naive but I picked D for speed and then when I 
learned more about the language a really liked pragmatic the "get 
things done" approach which this language streamlines. It's not 
ceremonious and self-important as Scala which I use at work or 
too high level and slow as Python. It's just there, take it and 
use it after a couple of weeks reading the first few chapters. 
Mild learning curve with C++ like performance and no bullshit. A 
rare combination.

Also, I like the community.