D vs Rust

[Saurabh Das via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 28 January 2016 at 22:30:51 UTC, nbro wrote:
> I have loved C++ when I first started learning it a pair of 
> years ago (then I stopped for some time for some work reasons), 
> and quite recently I have discovered D, which seems apparently 
> a better language from the design point of view, especially in 
> supporting OO design and modularisation, maybe I am just wrong 
> since I know just a little of D so far, but I really had some 
> problems just in setting up a simple OO project, i.e. importing 
> classes, there are .h and .cpp files, etc, which only make 
> everything confusing and make you learn stupid things instead 
> of being productive. D also seems to have a cleaner syntax in 
> general. C++ is becoming more and more a mess because they keep 
> introducing new functionalities to make C++ compete with new 
> languages, and I'm starting hating it. Languages should not 
> just be powerful but simple enough to be productive.
>
> [...]

This article on Quora is illuminating: 
https://www.quora.com/Which-language-has-the-brightest-future-in-replacement-of-C-between-D-Go-and-Rust-And-Why/answer/Andrei-Alexandrescu

The Reddit thread from which I had come across the above article: 
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/3sa6lf/d_has_no_vision_go_is_out_of_its_depth_rust/