Why is D unpopular

[mw]

On Monday, 13 June 2022 at 13:51:40 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
>

> This is necessary because D allows you to define fields with 
> the same name in a base class and its derived class; for 
> example:
>

This is horrifying, one of the darkest corner of D.



> ```
> class Base
> {
>     int x = 123;
> }
>
> class Derived : Base
> {
>     int x = 456;
> }
>
> void main()
> {
>     auto instance = new Derived;
>     assert(instance.x == 456);
>     assert(instance.Base.x == 123);
> }
> ```