Why is D unpopular?

[kot]

On Wednesday, 3 November 2021 at 18:49:46 UTC, Ola Fosheim 
Grøstad wrote:
> On Wednesday, 3 November 2021 at 18:20:55 UTC, kot wrote:
>> years ago i suggested D should be distributed with an embeded 
>> C compiler. since it was already required to be binary 
>> compatible with C, this was the obvious next step which would 
>> also solve most tooling issues out of the box. from license 
>> issues to practicality there were many voices against it, some 
>> said it was a dumb.
>
> Hah, I have suggested this too!! About seven (??) years ago. 
> Did you use a different nickname back then? (Walter didn't like 
> it, but he changed his mind now?)

looks like it was around 2011-2013, i have yet to find the post. 
yes i used a different name back then, haven't posted anything 
since.