Has D failed? ( unpopular opinion but I think yes )

[Julian]

On Sunday, 14 April 2019 at 15:25:50 UTC, Chris wrote:
> On Sunday, 14 April 2019 at 15:10:35 UTC, Julian wrote:
>
>>
>> This kind of language is just boring. How about a table?
>>
>> You can make one in Emacs org-mode very easily:
>>
>> | D feature          | random? | seems cool | fun? | 
>> incomplete?
>>           |
>> |--------------------+---------+------------+------+------------------------|
>> | scope(exit) et al. | ???     | sure       | yes? | where's 
>> scope(enter) ? |
>> |                    |         |            |      |
>>           |
>>
>> Data's great. You can add to it, explain it, debate it. None
>> of the vague impressions posted to this thread are ever even
>> answered.
>
> Uh, what is this talk of RefRange all about, partial 
> constructors, but no partial destructors? There are so many 
> broken features,

So you don't have a clear idea either. This is where the 
discipline of
actually listing things out and being specific can help you. Maybe
you've had a few clear ideas, after encountering some problems, 
but
then since you only ever complained them with vague language, you
forgot what you wanted to complain about.