Why is D unpopular?

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On Tuesday, 2 November 2021 at 17:27:25 UTC, Dr Machine Code 
wrote:
> ...trying to understand why it's unpopular.
> ...But I'd like to know you all opinions.

Does not being popular, mean it's unpopular??

That's a philosophical question I suppose.

..in any case...

Is this comment (below) a 'possible' contributing factor?

"Regrets? I should have made it open source from the beginning! 
Stupid me." - Walter Bright

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27102584