Why is D unpopular?

[bachmeier]

On Monday, 8 November 2021 at 12:43:05 UTC, zjh wrote:
> Phobos's idea is wrong in `force`. It forces you to use `GC`, 
> forces you to use `utf8`, and forces you to use `auto 
> decoding`...

Strange definition of "force". You have to voluntarily choose to 
call those functions that use the GC, which does not qualify as 
"force" according to any standard definition. You seem to have it 
reversed. You want to force everyone using D to deal with the 
headache of avoiding the GC.