Why is D unpopular?

Tue May 17 05:07:41 UTC 2022

On Tuesday, 17 May 2022 at 04:34:16 UTC, max haughton wrote:
> Other than memory safety rust doesn't have all that many 
> virtues beyond any other language for guaranteeing correctness.
>
> Ada remains the top dog for properly critical software. SPARK 
> still does not have many proper challengers in the space.

Rust is getting attention from people/academics who 
design/explore/research/implement tooling with a focus on 
correctness. They have the momentum at this point.