Why is D unpopular?

[Dukc]

On Tuesday, 2 November 2021 at 21:35:45 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad 
wrote:
>
> You get an idea when you follow the forums for several years 
> (where people explain why they quit) and read what people write 
> on various social media. Lack of direction seems to be quite a 
> common theme.

This alone does not tell much. How often do people leave 
our/other languages? What reasons there are when they leave other 
languages? We do not know how we compare. Do those who post a 
goodbye (or badbye?) rant represent the typical leaver? And are 
the things that would have more people choose D the same that 
would have less people leaving?

Those all are questions one can't answer by gut with any 
reliability.

>
> If we take Rust as an example, then we know that it was growing 
> and attracting users before it hit 1.0 and generated lots of 
> hype. Rust projected very strong values, both in terms of 
> language philosophy and community. Some found it off-putting, 
> but if that means that they scared off 50%, it also means that 
> those that remain are more likely to pull in the same direction.

But you can't conclude from that that projecting strong values 
correlates strongly with success, or you're committing the Texian 
sharpshooter fallacy. There are tons of other potential 
explanations.

And no, you're not avoiding the fallacy merely by listing a few 
other succesful languages that also had strong opinions.