D mentioned on Rust discussions site

[Chris]

On Tuesday, 19 May 2020 at 11:38:48 UTC, Russel Winder wrote:
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> https://users.rust-lang.org/t/dlang-adds-a-borrowchecker-called-the-ob-system-for-ownership-borrowing/42872

  [gheli]
"It is inspired by Rust's borrow checker, but it fails in 
comparison to it. It provides very little guarantees and does not 
prioritize safety. It is being adding (IMO) simply as a PR stunt 
as the current implementation stands."

[ZiCog]
""PR stunt" might be a bit of an overly negative view of things. 
I prefer to think that D is an on ongoing experiment in exploring 
language design in a genuine attempt to provide a programmer 
friendly, easier to use, safer, C++ like language."

Who wants to use an "ongoing experiment" to write real world 
software? That's to invite disaster. And worse than an 
"experiment" that might have a sound scientific basis, D keeps 
adding stuff at whim because others have it too, like children. I 
wonder why D hasn't gained the traction its users think it should 
have. Hm. There's a lot more to programming and PLs than fancy 
ideas. A certain rigidity and straight-lacedness is often the 
result of a lot of (creative) thinking and experimentation that 
takes place before a PL reaches 1.0 - not afterwards.