Why is D unpopular?

[Vladimir Panteleev]

On Monday, 16 May 2022 at 10:35:14 UTC, zoujiaqing wrote:
> 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.

When C# was very new, it had exactly the same problem. Yet, 
because of its popularity and origins, this problem was rectified 
within a few years.