What do you think would be the key factors to drive mass adoption of D?

[Guillaume Piolat]

On Thursday, 22 January 2026 at 00:57:04 UTC, MacAsm wrote:
> Curious to hear your thoughts.

Common knowledge seemed to be than availability of open-source 
libraries matters most.

Nowadays I'd say ideas like those of D needs to be mediated by 
influencers like Mike Shah. There is no idea that can generate 
the public if it's not mediated by some kind of Youtube 
preach/cult.

See_also: how a popular programming influencer can get many 
eyeballs on D in a way an article cannot.

Most of D competitive advantage are kind hard to wrap-up in a 
video so we need some kind of narrative coat on top of it, to 
make the advantage relatable.

To paraphrase Spinoza, "There is no intrinsic force in a true 
idea."