Which language futures make D overcompicated?

[Tony]

On Friday, 9 February 2018 at 19:19:03 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
>> But none of these features are *necessary* to start coding in
> D. They are optional extras that are nice once you're 
> comfortable with the language.  I got by fine for *years* 
> without even using a single mixin, or knowing what 'inout' 
> does, or use any attributes.
>
> It's like human language, there's a set of core words ("basic 
> features") that you have to know to hold a conversation, but 
> there's a vast vocabulary of more specialized words ("advanced 
> features") to draw from when you need to be more precise or in 
> special situations. You don't need to know the *entire* 
> language to be functional in it. E.g., there's a vast body of 
> scientific vocabulary that 90% of the general population (of 
> native English speakers) has no idea about.  Yet they can live 
> and function in society just fine.  But that vocabulary is 
> there when you *do* need it.
>

That's true for writing your own code, but when you look at other 
code like the standard library and are trying to understand it - 
if it's written using a plethora of features, then you have to 
learn a plethora of features.

Ali G