Why is D unpopular?

[Tejas]

On Tuesday, 2 November 2021 at 17:35:08 UTC, IGotD- wrote:
> On Tuesday, 2 November 2021 at 17:27:25 UTC, Dr Machine Code 
> wrote:
>> 
>> I think it's due to large ecosystem and the big corporations 
>> with deep pockets that pushes them. But I'd like to know you 
>> all opinions
>
> Yes, that's a big part of it. If you look at other languages 
> that doesn't have the corporate backing, they are about as 
> popular as D. Also, when something is developed in a proper 
> organization, it also usually means some kind of functional 
> management and a few developers that can do that full time.
>
> Python is kind of a outlier here, that has grown organically.

Also C++, maybe? It's not like AT&T straight up commissioned Dr. 
Bjarne to write C with classes; atleast the first few years of 
cfront were very rough, keeping it relevant only because it had 
100% C compatibility.