I love D

[Bruce Carneal]

On Tuesday, 26 September 2023 at 01:28:54 UTC, Antonio wrote:
> On Monday, 25 September 2023 at 17:51:05 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
>> On Sunday, 24 September 2023 at 09:16:27 UTC, evilrat wrote:
>>> On Sunday, 24 September 2023 at 07:27:39 UTC, Imperatorn 
>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> I wonder why D isn't more popular.
>>>>
>>>> Also we have arsd, so it's an automatic win.
>>>
>>> I think major points is:
>>>
>>> 1) most devs are web related
>>
>> I don't think this is meaningful
>> ...
>> Web programming is almost certainly a dead end today. That 
>> space is full. That just means D's opportunities are elsewhere.
>
> Creating a manufacturing line emulation with OPCUA interface....
>
> Of course, management and visualization implemented in web.
>
> Don't close de door: every door opens a wide range of 
> opportunities.

Indeed.  Also note that many improvements to D and its ecosystem 
that could benefit Web programmers: faster simpler multi-core 
event handling, great strength to weight ratio database 
frameworks, better I/O abstractions generally, ... are 
foundational rather than Web specific.