Why don't you advertise more your language on Quora etc ?

[Jared Jeffries via Digitalmars-d]

> There's a reason stackoverflow and 
> softwareengineering.stackexchange delete these kinds of 
> questions: they're counter productive and can't actually be 
> answered.
>
> The question "Which is the best programming language to learn 
> in 2017" is one such question. It comes down strictly to 
> opinion and circumstance. Because of this, the "answers" are 
> either answering a different question or just ads for the 
> user's favorite language. It seems most of the top answers in 
> that thread took the question to mean "Which language would be 
> most likely to get me a job in 2017", which isn't the same.
>
> Programming questions on Quora are the dumping ground for bad 
> SO questions.
>
> Most D power users spend their time either on the IRC or on SO.

I agree with you, the question is vague, etc.

But my point is : this is exactly the kind of question beginners 
like me use to git this advice on which language they should 
learn.

I did some research with google with the keywords "best 
programming language to learn", which lead me to what people say 
on Quora and similar websites.

Nothing fancy. And I didn't ask a more specific question myself, 
I wouldn't probably have read anything about D, which is sad.

D is great for students, so my advice is to stop advertising D so 
much for power users, and promoting it more as the best language 
out there to learn object oriented programming, before digging 
into Java, C++, Javascript etc.

Because that's where D is strong : it regroups all their features 
(reference types like in Java/C#/Javascript, native 
array/maps/slices/foreach like in Javascript, 
structs/pointers/templates like in C++), while keeping almost the 
same syntax.

I've personally ported my little experiment programs from D to 
Java, C#, C++ and even Javascript with incredible ease.

I'm very impressed how D's syntax and native features make it 
actually a common denominator to all these languages.

That's really where it is stronger than any other programming 
language on earth : it's the simple, pragmatic and efficient 
synthesis of the current mainstream languages.