Why is D unpopular?

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Sunday, 14 November 2021 at 03:19:37 UTC, forkit wrote:
> My 'second point' being, has D already become to complex? And 
> is there any way to make it simpler, other than 'adding to it'?
>
> I personally do not like simple. To me, that equates to 
> restricted. But I doubt most are like me, hence why D may 
> never, ever, become 'popular'.

Features like ```@trusted``` only makes sense if the invariants 
(rules) of the type system are easy to reason about, otherwise it 
becomes impossible for most programmers to write correct 
```@trusted``` code.

Both C++ and D have unnecessary complexity, meaning that the 
complexity does not add power, it is basically just relics of the 
past. C++ cannot fix this, because of critical mass. It is a 
mistake for D to follow the same recipe…