Why is D unpopular?

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Sunday, 7 November 2021 at 07:28:38 UTC, zjh wrote:
> The `expert` user is the `commanding height` of the programming 
> language, because only the `expert` writes the `library`.
> Only when there are more `experts` writing the `library` can we 
> form `positive feedback`.

I agree. If meta-programming is meant to be D's strong feature 
then experts are invaluable, and you have to be willing to do 
what is necessary to get them interested (including breaking 
changes).

((However, experts also want to spend less time on boring tasks, 
so you also need some high level features.))