Plan for D

[Max Haughton]

On Wednesday, 19 May 2021 at 16:16:39 UTC, Guillaume Piolat wrote:
> On Thursday, 13 May 2021 at 20:57:13 UTC, dogman wrote:
>> Question to the core team. Whats the plan and roadmap for D ?
>> a. are we planning to keep D just as a hobby language or a 
>> real contender for industry use. Despite being complex, rust 
>> has started to get adopted in industries. Whats our plan ?
>
> D is already largely fit for industry. In my niche, there is 
> only C++ competitors, and exactly zero Rust/Go/Zig competitors. 
> D is a practical language, not the "earn the maximum of points 
> of HN"-type language.

Hackernews is one of the only places you can actually find people 
who've even heard of D.

D is already in a good state but there are still things that 
leave a lot to be desired, and people on hackernews may enjoy 
fashion but they usually aren't dumb so I wouldn't be too 
dismissive.