Quora: Why hasn't D started to replace C++?

[bachmeier]

On Wednesday, 31 January 2018 at 16:13:51 UTC, John Gabriele 
wrote:

> I've never seen that page. Would've helped me to see it 
> earlier. The D download page should include a blurb with a link 
> to that install page.
>
> I tried going to github.com/dlang/dlang.org, finding the 
> download page, and adding a blurb+link to install.html above 
> those `curl ... install.sh` commands, but that download.dd page 
> is written in a format I'm not familiar with. It's difficult to 
> read, and appears quite clumsy to write as well.
>
> It surprises me that D docs are written in that ddoc macro 
> format --- especially for standalone docs like the download 
> page. I think people unfamiliar with D have a perception of D 
> as being this older language from times past, before C++11, and 
> using ddoc for docs instead of markdown contributes to this 
> perception. Let me know if you'd like help in translating D 
> website and doc pages from ddoc to markdown.

You can click "Improve this page" in the upper right corner to 
make things easier. The INSTALL_SCRIPT macro at the bottom is 
something I don't have time to dig into, so I filed a bug 
instead. Shouldn't take long for someone with an understanding of 
ddoc to make the change.

https://issues.dlang.org/show_bug.cgi?id=18344

Please add any comments there if my statement/solution are 
incorrect.