Why is D unpopular

[Ola Fosheim Grøstad]

On Sunday, 12 June 2022 at 10:40:02 UTC, Max Samukha wrote:
> Then it is natural to expect the feature would apply to the 
> class level (if we are talking about class-based OOP)? Really, 
> I'm yet to meet a D user that wouldn't be surprised 'private' 
> is module-level. And the 'friend' story rarely impresses them. 
> The reply is always: "Ok, 'friend' breaks OOP principles. Is D 
> better because it breaks OOP in its own way?"

Yes, of course, D could make private work like C++ and give 
module access to protected instead.

You could also allow reading of object attributes from the module 
and restrict writing to the object (without using properties).