Andrei's list of barriers to D adoption

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On Monday, 6 June 2016 at 21:35:20 UTC, DLearner wrote:
> IBM PL/I had a _FIXED DECIMAL_ datatype, many many years ago.
> Could it be used as a model?

Not by me.  I just checked, and I still have my IBM Fortran IV
manuals, but my PL/I (F) Reference Manual seems to have 
evaporated.

On the other hand, I'd probably prefer to use PL/I as a reference
for ideas than COBOL.

But really, I assume such issues are already described in the
C/C++ standards papers I referenced in an earlier post.