Why is D unpopular?

[max haughton]

On Sunday, 15 May 2022 at 03:02:24 UTC, forkit wrote:
> On Sunday, 15 May 2022 at 02:38:12 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
>> On Sunday, 15 May 2022 at 02:30:52 UTC, forkit wrote:
>>
>>> Who has the time to be (continually) well-versed in both D 
>>> and C?
>>
>> That's kind of the point. With ImportC, you don't *have* to be 
>> well-versed in C if you need to use a C library.
>
> Integrating a library whose code you're not well versed in, 
> seems like a recipe for disaster.
>
> I'm now thinking of the 2 x fighter planes (C and D) flying 
> together in one of Walter's videos.
>
> Are the planes (let alone the pilots) going to make it back to 
> base, or not?

It may be a recipe for disaster sometimes but most of the time 
it's how programmers actually make software...

If you want to make a game you don't need to know how to 
implement a graphics driver.