Why is D unpopular?

[harakim]

On Tuesday, 2 November 2021 at 21:08:22 UTC, Dukc wrote:
> This is the sort of thing what many of us love to tell they 
> "know", but we're really only guessing based on past personal 
> experience and gut feeling - very shaky. Perhaps someone really 
> has more insight than the rest but we can hardly tell who.
>
> We need some real research on human behaviour to base our 
> opinions on, otherwise we're never going to know the real 
> reasons with any meaningful confidence.

Most everyone in the thread seems to agree. I started writing my 
answer several hours ago and hadn't seen most of the other 
replies. My post has the same answers, though, because they're 
pretty clear.

As someone who has stepped away from D many times to get work 
done, I feel like I am one of those people. I just always hold 
hope and come back.