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

[Chris]

On Sunday, 14 April 2019 at 15:29:26 UTC, Julian wrote:
> On Sunday, 14 April 2019 at 15:25:50 UTC, Chris wrote:
>> On Sunday, 14 April 2019 at 15:10:35 UTC, Julian wrote:
>>
>>> [...]
>>
>> 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.

My biggest chagrin has always been the whole string handling 
issue, but seriously so many issues have come up over the year 
that I don't actually care to remember.