Why is D unpopular?

[harakim]

On Monday, 30 May 2022 at 03:41:24 UTC, Ali wrote:
> https://forum.dlang.org/post/axslxubumvtrudpjfpng@forum.dlang.org
>
> I think its really bad, that this is the most active topic on 
> the forum
>
>
> use a better forum sotware and moderate
> and when topics like this get too active just close the thread
> and archive it
>
> D have a small community
> these topics really drain the energy of the D community
>
> If a new forum is not an option (which i think it isnt)
> maybe let the forum run dry (i.e. dont reply, at least not to 
> threads like this one),
> and switch to discord or slack

If there were another venue to have this discussion, then I think 
the forum wouldn't have 90 page long discussions about it. If 
people had some way they felt they could contribute to a future 
they want, most of them would not complain about it. Honestly, I 
feel like maybe it's time to fork dlang and make a more stable 
language so people can have the future they want with 
easy-to-find quality libraries, good documentation and proper 
development tools.

Otherwise, if the community does not want to fragment into the 
feature hunters and the permanent settlement types, we could have 
a constitutional convention of sorts and decide what the problems 
are, what the solutions are and organize into teams to work on 
them. I don't even think it would be that hard to make 80 of the 
90 pages of that thread obsolete.

I raised sheep and when you're on a smaller pasture, it's much 
easier to create an environment where the sheep go where you 
want, do what you want and want to come to you to be sheared, 
etc. It's the same with people. You can say "I'm going to shut 
down all dissent" and that will work, but it will be so much more 
work than giving people the tools to solve their own problems.