Why is D unpopular?

[forkit]

On Sunday, 22 May 2022 at 12:30:21 UTC, Mike Parker wrote:
> On Sunday, 22 May 2022 at 11:51:10 UTC, forkit wrote:
>> On Sunday, 22 May 2022 at 11:49:27 UTC, forkit wrote:
>>>
>>
>> How about a compile time option to NOT remove assert in 
>> release?
>
> `-release` is shorthand for disabling bounds checking outside 
> of `@safe`, turning off contracts, and disabling asserts. These 
> days, you can manage the first two with `-boundscheck` and 
> `-check`, and then asserts will still be enabled.

Oh. Useful info, thanks.