D and the world

[janderson]

Xinok wrote:
> D only needs two things, though two very big things:
> 
> 1) A proper IDE
> 2) Many more libraries
> 
> The language itself, D, offers enough to make it a practical choice over 
> C++.
> C# was more or less made to take on Java. As a language, it does offer 
> more, and because of Microsoft's resources, it has a proper IDE and tons 
> of libraries. Thus, C# has become a very popular language, and many 
> people converted from Java to C# for that reason.

Even with many more libraries, D at most would beable to compete with C# 
or Java.  It appears to me, that many of the 3rd party libraries I use 
on a day to day basis would never become part of these many-libraries. 
People simply don't want to re-invent the wheel.

-Joel