Why is D unpopular?

[Andrea Fontana]

On Thursday, 12 May 2022 at 16:38:21 UTC, Adam D Ruppe wrote:
> On Thursday, 12 May 2022 at 15:58:03 UTC, jmh530 wrote:
>> If it importC reduces the barrier, then I see it as a positive
>> even if there are other tools that work better for you or 
>> others.
>
> Well, like I said, importC does have potential to exceed dstep. 
> Maybe it will next year, but it isn't there yet.
>
> So we shouldn't undersell the significant success that D and 
> dstep have already had.

The real advantage of importc I've found is that I was able to 
mix the whole c code inside my project, not only the headers. And 
it avoids me to compile and link an external library (if license 
allows it).

It's difficult to make it works with GCC or clang. But it's 
really easy using tcc.

Andrea