Why is D unpopular?

[Tobias Pankrath]

On Saturday, 30 April 2022 at 06:30:46 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
> 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.

Sometimes a good idea from academia needs a practical example (D 
in this case) to show its usefulness before I sees widespread 
adoption. That doesn't mean that it was invented by D, or that 
there is no prior art.