Moving back to .NET

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad via Digitalmars-d]

On Tuesday, 29 September 2015 at 05:52:13 UTC, Ola Fosheim 
Grøstad wrote:
> What tools can D successfully replace? Give a focused answer to 
> that and you can improve on D to a level where it becomes 
> attractive.
>
> But keep it real. Fear among programmers is not D's main issue. 
> That's just an excuse.

And just to avoid a misundertanding here:

1. That C# and Java programmers end up being disgruntled is not a 
failure of the language, that is a failure of communicating that 
D is a system level programming language. It is not a fear issue, 
they just ended up in the wrong neighbourhood.

2. When people who are looking for a system level programming 
language get disgruntled then you need to pay attention. It is 
still not a fear issue, there are so few system level languages 
to pick from that people looking for alternatives cannot afford 
to be "picky".

D2 is pretty much C++ with a Boehm collector attached to it. So 
to get traction D has to improve on that model significantly OR 
change direction completely.