About whether D / rust / golang can be popular.

[Ola Fosheim Grostad]

On Thursday, 26 November 2020 at 20:21:21 UTC, JohnT wrote:
> Yes I agree. Atleast they come up with defined goals. Not sure 
> if Andrei itself is actively involved. Btw, why cant weka 
> sponsor D. They seem to be making money.
> Whether D suceeds or not thats not in our hands, but we should 
> do everything to make it d .
>
> https://www.quora.com/Which-language-has-the-brightest-future-in-replacement-of-C-between-D-Go-and-Rust-And-Why?share=1

I don't really think being a replacement language should be a 
goal, people generally just look for the best option for a 
specific use case. But there seems to be some motion towards 
being better for soft realtime. So basically, build consensus 
around that, and identify the missing pieces...