Why is D unpopular?

[max haughton]

On Sunday, 15 May 2022 at 18:47:22 UTC, IGotD- wrote:
> On Sunday, 15 May 2022 at 06:18:58 UTC, forkit wrote:
>>
>> Also, operating systems of the (near) future will require 
>> safety guarantees from the software that is intended to run on 
>> that operating system. C is not a language that facilitates 
>> this.
>>
>
> Um, no that will not happen, ever. The safety guarantee of 
> modern operating systems is and will be the MMU. Relying on 
> "safe" software will never be enough. There have been attempts 
> using safe intermediary languages like Microsoft Singularity 
> but don't expect this ever to be a commercial operating system. 
> The MMU is here to stay.

I don't think the choice of language is going to make much 
difference but I'd be surprised if Apple don't do something along 
these lines in the future. They already scan and analyse 
applications relatively aggressive for mobile and to an extent 
for MacOS too.