Is there an intention to 'finish' D2?

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Friday, 19 November 2021 at 14:05:17 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> Part of the problem here, I think, is that people are more 
> strongly motivated to speak up about their opinions when there 
> is something they are unsatisfied with. So discussions like 
> this will be biased towards the things people don't like about 
> D, even if they are relatively happy with the language overall.

Actually, the *biggest* problem for the decision makers of D is 
that the average person who does use D from time to time never 
speaks up about what they are happy/unhappy with. So there is a 
big silent majority.

I didn't read the D forums for years. Random incident that I did. 
I only started to write here because Manu tried to argue for a 
direction that would make D better for systems development. So I 
wanted to back him. If Manu had not been persistent in his quest, 
then I'd probably would have put D back in the drawer for good.

It is of course possible to continue to make decisions based on 
the tiny hardcore that populate the forums, but then you won't 
have an ecosystem. And well, what is the point of having powerful 
meta-programming if there are no frameworks (except vibe.d) that 
are built with it?