Why is D unpopular

[bauss]

On Tuesday, 14 June 2022 at 12:15:44 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Tuesday, 14 June 2022 at 10:45:15 UTC, bauss wrote:
>
>>
>> I think it's really ignorant to have a stance like that with a 
>> programming language that strives to be general-purpose. The 
>> whole point of a programming language to be general-purpose is 
>> that you might not need all the features or see value in all 
>> features, but you have them at your disposal if needed, 
>> because you want to appeal to as many people as possible.
>>
>> I can't say I'm shocked, because it's the usual view with D, 
>> barely anyone in the community is willing to compromise.
>
> I'm not the gatekeeper. There's nothing for me to compromise 
> on. If the feature gets in, that's fine. Life goes on. I'm not 
> speaking for Walter or Atila when I express my opinion on this. 
> D is already a complex language, so I just think that *any* new 
> feature should have a strong justification. Personally, I 
> haven't seen one yet for this one. But if you can convince 
> Walter and Atila, more power to you.

I don't think anyone can convince them, at least not Walter.