Why didn't Micro Soft take D as their new language?

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On Tuesday, 9 June 2020 at 17:38:15 UTC, Liu wrote:
> On Monday, 8 June 2020 at 19:45:59 UTC, Vinod K Chandran wrote:
>> On Sunday, 7 June 2020 at 22:22:16 UTC, Per Nordlöw wrote:
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>>> Does Microsofts new language have a name?
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>> I read that they started using Rust.
>
> where?

As stated earlier in this thread, the project is called Verona.

At the same time Microsoft is starting use Rust as well.