Why is D unpopular?

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Thursday, 28 April 2022 at 09:02:09 UTC, IGotD- wrote:
> It is a simplified language compared to C++. You can easily 
> learn coming from C++ or D. While being more limited than C++ 
> without real meta programming, you rarely need it.

True, metaprogramming is mostly useful for writing flexible 
libraries, but you can usually do the same things without, but 
with more lines of library code.

> The libraries that come with C#/.Net are great. They are easy 
> to use and they are plenty.
>
> C# has various good IDEs to choose from, Visual Studio being 
> the gold standard.

So it is all about the eco system and no advantages tied to the 
language itself (except avoiding memory pointers and such)?