Should I invest time in D?

[Lars Johansson]

On Wednesday, 17 January 2024 at 07:19:28 UTC, Lars Johansson 
wrote:
> After years of procrastination, I at the end of last year 
> finalized Rey Valesa's great dlang/vibe tutorial   
> https://forum.dlang.org/thread/gnluupbilugncznkffuo@forum.dlang.org.
> I had planned to proceed with a deep dive into D.
>
> With the post 'Cloning D', it looks like Pandora's box has 
> opened.
> I do not want to be a part of such community and the future of 
> D does not look good. The alternatives do not look good either. 
> Immature, boring, too restrictive etc. Is assembler the choice 
> if you want to add a low level language to your Intel toolbox?
> I'm seventy one, so I do not have all the time in the world.  I 
> have procrastinated too long already. My humble question is 
> 'Why should I use D?'. I am greatful for any polite answer:)

Thanks for all good answers.
There were some questions raised:

Why do you turn to this forum for opinions about D? - You show 
know D best. I guess I needed some moral support.

What are you going to do with D? - Mostly for fun.

I like coding.
In the distant pasts I did an awful lot of IBM assembler and that 
was fun. Since the early 90ties mostly hilvl languages and 
scripting. Now as retired I like to see if I’m still able to 
learn a new language.
The only language I looked at so far that looks appealing to me 
is D,  thou templates look a bit odd.
I suspect if I learn a lolvl language, I will come up with 
something useful.
I still do some $work (more than I like). So I’m not sure how 
much time I will spend on D. Anyhow I will give it a try.

Thank you again. I did not expect that many and nice responses.
Next time I write it will be in a beginner forum, not this one.