D beyond the specs

[Radu]

On Friday, 16 March 2018 at 11:44:59 UTC, Chris wrote:
> Would it be possible to find out at DConf in Munich why exactly 
> D is so popular in Germany (my impression) and in other 
> countries of Europe (and that general post code) like France, 
> Italy, GB, Romania and Russia etc.? I've always been intrigued 
> by the fact that it originated in the US but that it's in "the 
> old world" that a lot of enthusiasts (and contributors) are 
> found. It's just because you would usually associate innovation 
> with the "new world", but in this particular case D must have 
> struck a chord with the old world. Is it marketing and economic 
> / pragmatic factors that lead to poor adoption rates (and 
> sometimes outright hostility) in the US. Maybe, but I think 
> there's something in the engineering approach and the concepts 
> that "talks" to us in the "old world". I think this is an 
> interesting topic as regards both culture and technology. Any 
> technology is embedded in and the product of a certain culture 
> / way of thinking - and D seems to be a special case. Hint: 
> there's a Ph.D. in it ;)

Here's a half-assed theory :P

Maybe the name has something to do with it :D, Americans have 
always made fun about it, strong D jokes (no pun here) make it 
hard to talk about it with a straight face around your college 
dorm buddies. Also I assume no water cooler talks will go 
unnoticed when everyone talks about the D.

Anyhow, it is interesting that, at least apparently, there are 
more people involved with Dlang in Europe.