Is D painted into a corner?

[user1234]

On Thursday, 28 August 2025 at 18:47:19 UTC, Brother Bill wrote:
> It seems like 'templates' are the 'Achilles heel' of D.
>
> Without starting a flame war, has D gotten to the point where 
> ordinary mortals have difficulty coding in D with 'templates' 
> such as 'cycle' requiring rewrites into 'myCycle'?

No, d is often forward toward this issue. Many PL dont even 
handle forward references.

> Does D now require 'deep' memory into layers of history and 
> workarounds?
>
> Is D a general purpose language, suitable for Application 
> Programming,

Yes.

> or does it have a more limited scope?