Why is D unpopular?

workman workman at gmail.com
Wed Nov 3 05:06:57 UTC 2021


On Tuesday, 2 November 2021 at 17:35:08 UTC, IGotD- wrote:
> On Tuesday, 2 November 2021 at 17:27:25 UTC, Dr Machine Code 
> wrote:
>> 
>> I think it's due to large ecosystem and the big corporations 
>> with deep pockets that pushes them. But I'd like to know you 
>> all opinions
>
> Yes, that's a big part of it. If you look at other languages 
> that doesn't have the corporate backing, they are about as 
> popular as D. Also, when something is developed in a proper 
> organization, it also usually means some kind of functional 
> management and a few developers that can do that full time.
>
> Python is kind of a outlier here, that has grown organically.

Because Python/Vue and some other projects is productive and easy 
to maintain,  that is why is popular.

D claim to be "productive", but it not easy to maintain.


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