Should I invest time in D?

[FairEnough]

On Wednesday, 17 January 2024 at 07:19:28 UTC, Lars Johansson 
wrote:
> ...
> With the post 'Cloning D', it looks like Pandora's box has 
> opened.
> I do not want to be a part of such community and the future of 
> D does not look good. The alternatives do not look good either. 
> Immature, boring, too restrictive etc. Is assembler the choice 
> if you want to add a low level language to your Intel toolbox?
> I'm seventy one, so I do not have all the time in the world.  I 
> have procrastinated too long already. My humble question is 
> 'Why should I use D?'. I am greatful for any polite answer:)


"if a system is too complicated to use, many features will go 
unused because no one has time to learn them".

D does have considerable complexity.

Maybe D does need a fork, called.. SimpleD

But in the meantime, you'll have to navigate D carefully, and 
learn those things which are relevant to your goals.

If learning *all* of language is your goal, you may need more 
time than you've got ;-)

On the otherhand, D's complexity will ensure those neurons keep 
firing, for many decades to come - and that in itself is a good 
thing.