Why is D unpopular?

[bauss]

On Tuesday, 31 May 2022 at 11:27:44 UTC, forkit wrote:
> On Tuesday, 31 May 2022 at 10:47:13 UTC, bauss wrote:
>>
>> That's just ignorance at play.
>>
>
> Well you're sure being picky in what you respond to.
>
> But on *my* computer, I have only one compiler for C#. That's 
> not ignorance, that's fact!
>
> Of course, I (still) program against .NET Framework, not .NET 
> Core.
>
> I use VS if I need a gui in my app, but for console programs, I 
> program in my own IDE which i developed myself (in C#!).
>
> But even if I programmed against .NET Core, instead of .NET 
> Framework, I'd still only have one C# compiler on my computer 
> (regardless of the platform i'm using).
>
> I'm not even aware of another compiler available to me, or why 
> I'd even consider it.
>
> Now if I install .NET Core on my computer, then sure, I'd have 
> 2 compilers for C# - but each targeting their own framework.
>
> But in my world, as it is, there is only one C# compiler I ever 
> use.
>
> On the otherhand, even on the same platform (whether it's 
> Windows or Linux - both of which i use extensively), I 
> constantly switch between dmd and ldc, to help verify the 
> behaviour of my program (cause I don't fully trust either 
> compiler to do what it says its going to do). I also do it 
> because I do not know enough about the possible 'implementation 
> defined' behaviours in the D programming language.

I could use the exact same argument for D though.

I have only ever used DMD and that has been true for like over a 
decade.

So for me D only has one compiler :)