Why is D unpopular

[Max Samukha]

On Tuesday, 14 June 2022 at 10:29:14 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

>
> But again, I'm just a guy expressing his opinion. Walter and 
> Atila are the ones you need to convince.
>
> Talking about it endlessly in the forums has zero chance of 
> getting the feature in. You guys posting about it in every so 
> write a DIP.
> Get feedback from others who support it and try to craft a 
> rationale that Walter and Atila will find compelling enough to 
> accept (i.e., show that the benefit outweighs the added cost in 
> maintenance and language complexity, why the arguments against 
> it are wrong, etc.).
>
> Once you submit it and it's had enough time in Draft Review 
> that you're satisfied with it, I'll even give it priority over 
> any other DIPs in the queue.

Rationales have been presented. Walter has commented. It is 
obvious the feature won't get in. Why ask people to waste their 
time on a DIP that has zero chance to be accepted?