Why D is not popular enough?

[ketmar via Digitalmars-d]

On Wednesday, 3 August 2016 at 19:57:13 UTC, bitwise wrote:
> On Tuesday, 2 August 2016 at 07:50:29 UTC, ketmar wrote:
>> On Monday, 1 August 2016 at 19:33:48 UTC, bitwise wrote:
>>> 'scope' keyword, for example, is legal in D syntax, but 
>>> doesn't actually do anything.
>>
>> sorry, but you are wrong here. of course, it does HAVE effect.
> I know about these cases, but didn't bother mentioning them, as 
> they are outliers. Also, they do not make my point any less 
> valid.

it does. actually, it makes your point completely false.