Where will D sit in the web service space?

[Etienne via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 23 July 2015 at 17:03:31 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
>> But some of us think general-purpose, native languages are 
>> coming back,
>
> Yes.  Now why do you think this is the case?  I tried to 
> articulate it as best I could for now, but Ola has all these 
> _reasons_ why this isn't the case, which may mean he is right, 
> but might not.

Native languages are more efficient, they use less power. This is 
increasingly important to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions, to 
improve battery duration on mobile devices or to reduce server 
costs in general.

The language design is also more modern, the compile times 
shorter, the errors more comprehensible, which makes interpreted 
languages less appealing for those who care about learning the 
alternatives. The gap in complexity is closing up.

Finally, I answered an interview in This week in D about how I 
thought D in general had an excellent way to bind multiple 
components together, from other languages, thus making it not 
only general purpose but also a "glue", a centralized hub from 
which every team can build its interface on top of, whichever 
technology is used. After all, it was developed very late in the 
"language wars" with clear attempts to open itself up to the 
legacy software left behind by other languages.