Why is D unpopular?

[arco]

On Tuesday, 9 November 2021 at 10:48:01 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> On Tuesday, 9 November 2021 at 10:32:57 UTC, arco wrote:
>> In other words, instead of dismissing comparisons between 
>> Dlang and Rust as somehow unfair because Rust has a lot more 
>> resources, a more interesting question is IMO why and how did 
>> Rust attract those resources and which lessons can be learnt 
>> from it.
>
> Walter is unlikely to hand over D to a commercial entity, which 
> I think most D users are happy with. That would be a completely 
> different project.
>
> Rust follows the same path as Swift and JavaScript. Person 
> affiliated with an organization creates a language. The person 
> hands over decision making to the organization, which in turn 
> evolves it further into a "commercial" commodity.

Rust is not a commercial entity. It's governed by the Rust 
Foundation which is non-profit (and also very recent), but it 
remains a community project open to anyone who wants to get 
involved. Again, it's not very different from D in that regard.