Why is D unpopular?

[forkit]

On Wednesday, 1 June 2022 at 09:43:45 UTC, IGotD- wrote:
> On Wednesday, 1 June 2022 at 09:37:29 UTC, forkit wrote:
>>
>> It's not just the language. It's the framework the language 
>> targets.
>>
>> Without that framework, C# would be dead and gone already.
>>
>> The framework is what makes it 'popular'.
>
> The C# language is ok I think and I enjoy using it. However, 
> you are right that the huge amount of good libraries is what 
> makes C# a work horse.

It's also the tools available to the programmer.

The programmer can 'offload' a great deal of mental work into 
those tools, so the tools do that work instead of you.

I know some people still sprout vi as their tool. I pity them ;-)