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

[silentwatcher]

On Sunday, 14 April 2019 at 12:34:12 UTC, Chris wrote:
> On Sunday, 14 April 2019 at 09:42:01 UTC, Laeeth Isharc wrote:
> [...]
>
> As there is no way the two factions can communicate with each 
> other, there is only one logical consequence. The faction with 
> the broader focus (like myself) wanders off and what remains 
> are the die hard users who are happy in their biotope, so D 
> will remain a niche language and, of course, there's the danger 
> that some people will break off, fork D and add to the general 
> chaos (and you may read questions like this on Stackoverflow: 
> "Which D should I use? There are N implementations. Dragon, 
> Volt, BetterD, CleanD, SaneD...").

i think you are right.