Why is D unpopular?

[arco]

On Tuesday, 9 November 2021 at 07:53:19 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:

> Not even close to similar. Digital Mars a one-man company and D 
> a one-man project. Rust had and continues to have the resources 
> of Mozilla behind it.

Rust also started as a one man show (Graydon Hoare). Mozilla 
initially supported it as a research project, not as a large 
investment, and its resources are limited anyway compared to the 
likes of Google. The comparison holds in my opinion, it's what 
came after that made the difference.