Why is D unpopular?

[Max Samukha]

On Tuesday, 3 May 2022 at 03:55:34 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
> On 5/2/2022 7:34 AM, claptrap wrote:
>> Genius isn't having the idea, it's more often than not making 
>> the idea work.
>
> Yup. I've heard endless arguments that Edison didn't really 
> invent the light bulb, the Wrights did not invent the airplane, 
> Musk did not invent reusable rockets, etc.
>
> An idea ain't worth spit if it is not implemented.

I disagree. There would have been no light bulb or reusable 
rocket if not for the hard mental and physical work of thousands 
of people who will never get due credit.

>
> The value in D's CTFE is after we demonstrated it, it suddenly 
> became a "must have" feature in the other mainstream native 
> languages.

Sorry for being a nuisance, but D was not the first to 
demonstrate it. It's a fact.