Why is D unpopular?

Sat Apr 30 06:30:46 UTC 2022

On Friday, 29 April 2022 at 20:17:38 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> I've seen endless lists of features people wanted to add to C 
> and C++. None of them were CTFE. When we added it to D, people 
> were excited and surprised.

Not if they had a decent CS background, it is a well known 
strategy for speeding up programs.  Wikipedia also points out a 
working C++ prototype from 2003, so I doubt they needed outside 
influence to move in that direction.