Why is D unpopular?

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On Monday, 30 May 2022 at 12:38:31 UTC, Chris wrote:
>
> All D needs is an automated way of blocking and censoring forum 
> threads that talk about D's shortcomings. I wonder why these 
> threads are often so "active". Then again, when it comes to 
> very active threads, how will the software be able to 
> distinguish between a thread that is "too active" because of 
> users giving out about or defending D and a very active thread 
> about some DIP that wants to introduce feature X from language 
> Y, a thread that will "drain the energy of the D community" 
> (Ali) and will most likely amount to nothing, except perhaps 
> that some code will break with the next iteration of DMD, 
> because, you know, this is needed to pave the way for the DIP 
> to become reality in 5-10 years - if a champion can be found, 
> that is.

I general I'm against censorship and anyone should have the 
opportunity to objectively criticize something, suggest 
improvements, suggest features that exist in other languages and 
so on. Naturally with computer languages there are thousands of 
different opinions, that's how it is. Does it drain the D 
project? No, I don't think so it livens it up.

I'm also active at other language forums there are similarities 
there. There are always different opinions. I have often 
disagreed with the main author of the language. One thing that 
sets this forum apart is that it less hands on questions, like 
how do I do X in D.

Maybe we should have more subforums in order to isolate the 
discussions. Maybe an "interals" forums for the language and 
standard library. Also modern forum software helps, I think this 
forum is too old. Just that I cannot edit my typos afterwards is 
enough for me wanting better forum SW.