Why is D unpopular?

[Adam D Ruppe]

On Tuesday, 24 May 2022 at 12:10:36 UTC, Siarhei Siamashka wrote:
> One of the valid criticisms of D language is that it is not 
> @safe by default.

I don't care about @safe. I'm talking real world safety, things 
like automatic bounds checks.

> Right now the '-release' option disables bounds checking in 
> @system code and this is a **necessary** escape hatch to keep D 
> language competitive with C++ and the other system programming 
> languages.

False. You can put `.ptr` in strategic places to disable it 
locally instead of bludgeoning it with a superglobal switch.

Even if you want to disable it globally (and you don't, unless 
you're too incompetent to be allowed to release anything to the 
public), there's the -boundscheck=off switch for that. Bundling 
it with a bunch of other things and hiding it behind a 
harmless-sounding "-release" thing is criminally negligent in a 
sane world.