What makes a language popular - and how to manufacture D popularity

[zjh]

On Saturday, 28 May 2022 at 08:41:57 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote:

> What is the use case where D shines? If there isn't one - 
> should the D community maybe
> pick one, and provide excellent tooling, libraries and products 
> for that?



In fact, I think there is a good `direction` .
You can focus on the `compiler` domain. Many programmers like to 
build their own `compilers`
However, they all lack a 'foundation', but `d` doesn't. Many 
programmers build compilers based on `'d'`. We can serve for 
these programmers, but we should `unite` them around D.

Also, tools. In my opinion, D `'lacks'` `vim/vscode` tools or 
tutorials.
In addition, `d` should make use of all `'d'` community members. 
It is better to set up a `'website'` to specifically collect 
`'d'` community members' relevant `excellent articles`. Of 
course, they are encouraged to distribute the articles to the 
`'big'` community, and let them `actively` participate in 
`community affairs and reward them`.