Why is D unpopular?

[max haughton]

On Friday, 6 May 2022 at 12:05:40 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad wrote:
> On Friday, 6 May 2022 at 10:11:12 UTC, forkit wrote:
>> the problem with forks, is finding competent compiler 
>> developers.. and there ain't that many of them.
>
> Actually, there are quite lot of people who have enough 
> compiler knowledge from their CS degree to do something 
> significant, so that skill isn't as rare are one might think. 
> Compiler design is a course that many take. But the current 
> codebase isn't really attractive for that group. Maybe SDC is a 
> better horse to bet on, but I don't know much about the status 
> or internals of SDC to make a judgement.
>
>> then you need a competent team to mangage the fork...and there 
>> ain't too many of them either...
>
> That is a concern. Getting a loose group of people to focus on 
> one shared long term vision doesn't happen by chance.

Amaury and I are trying to bring SDC back into the folds. Feel 
free to contribute.