Why D is not a popular language?

[aberba]

On Saturday, 9 January 2021 at 14:02:28 UTC, Guillaume Piolat 
wrote:
> On Friday, 8 January 2021 at 16:26:43 UTC, Marcone wrote:
>> I've been a programmer for 15 years. I program in several 
>> programming languages, only for Windows desktop with graphical 
>> interface. I have been programming in D for only 1 year and 
>> for me D is the best programming language. Why not invest more 
>> in Dlang? Better integration of D with Qt5 and Qt6 and the web 
>> would make Dlang rise in popularity.
>
> https://lmeyerov.github.io/projects/socioplt/papers/oopsla2013.pdf
>
> "We found that existing code, existing expertise, and open 
> source libraries are
> the dominant drivers of adoption."

My gut has always told me this. Glad it's backed by research.

>
> D community typically focus on the language (and what goes into 
> Phobos) rather than the indispensable 3rd-party libraries.