Article calls D "irrelevant"

[Kapendev]

On Wednesday, 25 February 2026 at 12:19:04 UTC, Serg Gini wrote:
> I think we should define "niche lang" better. As being 
> non-popular doesn't make the language automatically "niche". 
> Being "elegant" shouldn't be a niche. Also inheriting some 
> syntax. It should be something unique and applicable probably.
> And in case niche language - it should be pretty simple to 
> "name" the niche.
> So let's see
> ...
> - Crystal
> - Nim
> Not sure these 2 have specific niches.. First is "Ruby-like 
> fast" and second "Python-like fast". But I think they are 
> closer to D of "niche-less" ones

Nim and Crystal are more than just Python and Ruby clones.
One thing they are good at is metaprogramming. Kinda the same as 
D and Zig.

As someone said in the past:
> "Not sure about these one, but I think they have some pretty 
> unique approaches" - D Forum User