My two cents

[Ali]

On Wednesday, 18 October 2017 at 08:56:21 UTC, Satoshi wrote:
> For me, it seems like Walter is solving edge case problems like 
> return ref parameters and return functions but is unable to add 
> some basic stuff.
>
>
> Thanks for your time.
> - Satoshi

well, i've been following this forum for a while now
and i remember seeing posts by either Walter or Andrei 
Alexandrescu, saying something in the sense
that D, has become too big, and is not being used to its full 
potential
i.e. the usage of the existing features is not being exploited to 
their maximum potential

and they were sort of hoping, the user community will start to 
develop "idioms" around what exist already
instead of adding more features

i am not sure how much of what you use can be fulfilled with 
"idioms"
and i think Walter's or Andrei's intention seems fair

but then again, i agree with you, it is hard to push for idioms 
as the expense of conveniance features
when you dont have the user mass yet

unfortunately D probably need to keep adding features, until it 
find its mass