Why is D unpopular?

[Siarhei Siamashka]

On Monday, 16 May 2022 at 22:52:27 UTC, forkit wrote:
> On Monday, 16 May 2022 at 08:08:51 UTC, Walter Bright wrote:
>> ...
>> ....
>> I am unfamiliar with kernel development and its needs. It 
>> apparently is also written in a dialect of C with special 
>> compiler switches.
>
> What it 'needs' is to move away from C.
>
> https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvekey.cgi?keyword=linux+kernel

It's moving to Rust as an option at least for some parts of the 
kernel and this will reduce the attack surface, so you are 
preaching to the choir. D decided not to participate in this 
race. Or even didn't notice that such opportunity existed.