Why is D unpopular?

Tue May 17 02:05:54 UTC 2022

On Tuesday, 17 May 2022 at 01:57:44 UTC, forkit wrote:
> How on earth are we ever going to move the world of software 
> away from C?
>
> The answer is ( I suspect) - when mass societal consequences 
> occur (e.g. a cyber war outbreak or some really widespread 
> consequential disaster - and we end finding out, they targeted 
> all our C platforms.
>
> Only then will we have sufficient impetus to get off our butts 
> and do something about our extensive reliance on what is 
> arguably, the most unsafe language of all -> C.

Too much "we," not enough "I."