Code That Says Exactly What It Means

[Sergey]

On Wednesday, 29 October 2025 at 19:59:15 UTC, jmh530 wrote:
> The D leadership has built a really cool programming language, 
> but it's still a niche programming language. And I don't see 
> much on the horizon to change that. If they want it to stay a 
> niche language, then that's fine. If they want to make it a 
> more popular language, then they might need to change the way 
> they think about some of these issues.

Thanks.
This is well thought analysis.

I think the question of personality (author of proposal) is also 
important.

Proposals from well-known:
- compiler/phobos contributors
- library creators
- ecosystem maintainers (thanks for maintaining Mir btw)

have different "weight" than from "first time forum poster 3 days 
ago" or from forkit/claptrap.

That's why the comparison of the situation with i-strings when it 
was a discussion between Paul, Adam, Steven, Timon and Walter has 
nothing to do with messages that popping up every year from the 
same one single person.
So the pushback in the current situation is understandable.

But do you personally @jmh530 think that this is the main issue 
that core developers need to spend their time (even for analysis 
and consideration)?

I don't think that adding class-private will change anything in D 
popularity and ability to bring attention from wider range of 
developers.
And D has more important things to fix first.