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

[Lance Bachmeier]

On Wednesday, 28 January 2026 at 16:30:44 UTC, Kapendev wrote:
> On Wednesday, 28 January 2026 at 15:41:57 UTC, Lance Bachmeier 
> wrote:
>> This is fine advice at the micro level. Randomly doing things 
>> because they're cool and interesting is fun, and perfectly 
>> fine for one's own purposes. Indeed, that's how things got to 
>> where they are today, with lots of half-done and poorly 
>> documented dub packages and limited tooling. If that's all 
>> that's happening, the language doesn't have much to offer, 
>> unfortunately. Rust didn't take off because a bunch of people 
>> decided all it took was action without a plan.
>
> You are missing the point and assuming too much about what I 
> said. I never said "randomly doing things" is good or that you 
> should do something like that. I also have no idea about what 
> Rust plan you are talking about.

I didn't miss the point. I quoted what I was responding to: "this 
conversation is a waste of time. No action and all talk." If 
anything gets done as a group, it takes a lot of discussion, 
particularly when you're expecting people to donate their time. 
You were dismissive of the original post. I'm saying it's not 
going to move the needle if you have lots of people doing their 
own thing because they don't want to think at a higher level.