Why is D unpopular?

Mon May 16 15:08:13 UTC 2022

On Monday, 16 May 2022 at 14:21:30 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> IMO this is misguided.  Without ImportC, it takes more effort 
> to use a C library.

Yes, if it actually works with all the macros in a clean and 
intuitive way. Meaning, the resulting D code should not look much 
worse than the corresponding C code.

The biggest impact IMHO is that the threshold for *trying out* 
C-libraries is lowered. If you have to create your own binding 
your are essentially "locked in" due to the effort you spent just 
to get started.

The larger the C-library is and the more frequently it is 
updated, the more impactful this feature might be.