Why is D unpopular?

[Max Samukha]

On Thursday, 5 May 2022 at 23:06:26 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>
> Surely you can see that there must have been SOME difference 
> there, even if it was just perception.

I grant you that D packaged the concept neatly, so there is a 
practical difference.

>
> It was D that changed that perception. Suddenly, native 
> languages started implementing CTFE.

Looks like I'm not getting my well-deserved beer. ((