Why is D unpopular?

[deadalnix]

On Friday, 20 May 2022 at 12:45:07 UTC, Siarhei Siamashka wrote:
> D unittest (save as "main_test.d" and run as "rdmd -unittest 
> main_test.d"):
> ```D
> unittest {
> 	// Create an associative array
> 	auto a = ["Alice": true, "Bob": true, "Charlie": true];
>
> 	// Iterate over the associative array and save keys
> 	string[] s;
> 	foreach (k, _ ; a)
> 		s ~= k;
>
> 	// If the order is preserved, then the first retrieved name 
> will be "Alice"
> 	assert(s[0] == "Alice");
> }
>
> void main() {
> }
> ```
>

The problem quickly shows when you dig slightly deeper. Import 
another module. It fails. Add -i, it work, but now run the 
unittests of the module you import. Bonus point: dependencies are 
not tracked properly so you might be running stale code.