Why is D unpopular?

[zoujiaqing]

On Tuesday, 2 November 2021 at 17:27:25 UTC, Dr Machine Code 
wrote:
> It got [asked on 
> reddit](https://www.reddit.com/r/d_language/comments/q74bzr/why_is_d_unpopular/) sub but for those that aren't active too, I'd like you opinions. Please don't get me wrong, I also love D, I've used it everywhere I can and I'd say it's my favourite language (yes I have one...) but I'm as as the reddit's OP, trying to understand why it's unpopular. Rust and Go seeming to be getting more and more users. I think it's due to large ecosystem and the big corporations with deep pockets that pushes them. But I'd like to know you all opinions

Two aspects:

First of all:
D The biggest problem is the name! Of course, many people deny 
this problem.
If you search for a letter in a search engine, it's hard to get 
valid results.
For example, a Google search for "D" results in comparison to a 
search for "Python," "Ruby," and "rust."
This has the undesirable effect of making it difficult for new 
users to find learning materials.

Second:
The standard library is weak, and the most basic HTTP modules are 
probably well supported in Python, Golang, and Rust, making it 
easy to build HTTP servers and use HTTP clients to access HTTP 
server resources. Even the most basic URL parsing is missing from 
the D standard library. I think the library should have a better 
experience with python and Golang.

-- zoujiaqing