Why is D unpopular, redux.

[jmh530]

On Saturday, 21 May 2022 at 11:39:06 UTC, Timon Gehr wrote:
> On 21.05.22 05:45, Walter Bright wrote:
>> On 5/20/2022 4:28 AM, deadalnix wrote:
>>> I'd like to remind everybody of a simple fact: it is 
>>> impossible to write a high quality generic container in D, 
>>> right now. This is because there is no way to explain to the 
>>> compiler that a `const Vector!T` is the same as a `const 
>>> Vector!(const T)`.
>> 
>> I don't recall anyone ever bringing it up before.
>
> I brought it up a number of times. ;) I think the last time was 
> here:
> https://forum.dlang.org/post/sk4v9b$2apt$1@digitalmars.com
>
> deadalnix has also talked about this multiple times over the 
> years.
> [snip]

As Walter says multiple times, if things aren't on bugzilla, then 
they get lost in the shuffle...