Why is D unpopular?

[Jack]

On Sunday, 15 May 2022 at 11:25:47 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Sun, May 15, 2022 at 02:30:52AM +0000, forkit via 
> Digitalmars-d wrote: [...]
>> [...]
>
> I think it's a matter of perspective.  I don't see ImportC as 
> encouraging a move towards C; if somebody wanted to move 
> towards C, D would be last thing he would be looking at. :-P  
> Rather, I see ImportC as a way for current C programmers to 
> move *away* from C -- incrementally. You can start writing 
> parts of your code in D without needing to rewrite your 
> existing C code, and gradually migrate away from C as you go 
> along.
>
> [...]

that's how I see ImportC as well. Far from encouraging people to 
write more C code. Rather it's making people waste less time by 
reusing existing C code and leaving more time to write D code.