Why is D unpopular?

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On Tuesday, 17 May 2022 at 05:37:20 UTC, StarCanopy wrote:
>
> Then fund it, or if you have insufficient monetary resources to 
> effect anything substantial, assist in organizing a group to 
> sponsor libraries written in D. That is, if you truly want to 
> achieve your goals.
>
> P.S. While I often apply @safe at module-level, the GC and 
> bounds-checking already accomplish a lot by themselves in my 
> experience.

I think advancing my goals towards safer programming practices, 
can best be achieved by encouraging programmers to 'opt out' of 
safe, rather than 'opt in' to safe.

Until @safe is default in D (if ever), this can be accomplished 
right now, by everyone making the first line in every module they 
create, to be -> @safe:

Now. They have to make a conscious decision to 'opt out' of 
@safe. And now, they become responsible for the consequences.

At the moment, since @safe is not default, D is responsible for 
the consequences ;-)