How can D become adopted at my company?

[Eljay]

As a follow up to my email to Walter...

I know I didn't address the question "How can D become adopted at 
my company?" head-on.

An on-going project written in (say) C++ is not going to get 
approval to re-write in D.  There is no ROI in it.

A new project that could be written in D will be met with a lot 
of resistance.  Management will consider D too risky, as compared 
to writing the same project in C++ or C# or Java.  Co-workers not 
familiar with D will consider it as a pain-in-the-learning-curve 
[an attitude I cannot fathom; learning a new computer language is 
a joy, like opening a birthday present].

In some cases, such as shipping an application for iOS or Windows 
Phone or Android devices, can D even be utilized?  Even if 
management and the team's developers are behind using D?

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A brief blurb about who I am...

I started programming in 1976, where I contributed to a program 
called Oregon Trail written in HP2000A BASIC on TIES.  That was 
my very first programming experience.

After learning BASIC, I learned 6502 assembly, then later picked 
up FORTRAN, Pascal, and C.  Then 68000 assembly.

I abandoned programming in assembly when I got my first 
optimizing C compiler, which was able to out-optimize my lovingly 
hand-crafted assembly.  I became a true believer in the powerful 
mojo of optimizing compilers.

In 1990, I switched from C to C++, first as as "Better C" 
compiler.  By two years later, I had fully embraced OOP style.

C++ was my main language for a long time, with a couple years 
doing Java.  Most recently, I have been programming in C#.

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About 12 years ago, using Aho's dragon book by my side, I tried 
my hand at writing my own programming language.  After six 
months, I gave up because creating a good, general purpose 
programming language IS VERY VERY HARD.

Later, when I stumbled upon D, it was like Walter had read my 
mind and implemented what I could only conceive of... I was 
smitten.  And I still am.

So the languages I admire are...
    * D, as a general purpose natively compiled multi-paradigm 
programming language
    * Lua, as a barebones, small footprint, embed-able 
do-it-yourself scripting language
    * Python 3, as a kitchen-sink-included scripting language

I have used extensively BASIC (HP2000A, Apple Integer, Applesoft, 
MAI BusinessBASIC IV, PickBASIC), FORTRAN, Prolog, LISP & Scheme, 
6502 Assembly, 680x0 Assembly, Pascal, Mathematica, C, C++, 
Objective-C, Objective-C++, Java.

I'm also intrigued by some other languages but I do not use them 
day-to-day, such as F#, Spec#, Sing#.  And I certainly have toyed 
with many other programming languages, such as Perl, Ruby, REXX, 
Ada, Squeak, Forth, PostScript, yada yada yada.

My educational background is in high-energy physics where I 
learned FORTRAN, linguistics (with a focus on semantics and 
artificial intelligence) where I learned Prolog and LISP, and 
computer science.

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And the most important bit of information:  I use vi (Vim).