D needs to learn from competing languages and ecosystems.

Dejan Lekic dejan.lekic at gmail.com
Tue Sep 15 11:53:13 UTC 2026


On Tuesday, 15 September 2026 at 10:57:26 UTC, Claudio Constantin 
wrote:

> I'm eager to see what you guys think of my observations and 
> proposals. Even if it all is wishful thinking without much 
> acknowledgment of the real cost, I wholeheartedly believe it is 
> what'll guarantee a better future for the project.

My view is completely opposite - I think D has almost everything 
you wrote as missing. What I still struggle, after 20+ years 
using D, is to find good quality libraries for stuff I do every 
day. - This was historically the main reason why D has not been 
adopted in the company I work for. Thanks to LLMs I no longer 
have this problem as well, but alas my company is now using C++ 
for stuff we could use D for...

Sure there are improvements that D could (carefully) pick from 
competition but keep in mind this community is small and very 
opinionated (me included) so if you want something done you may 
need to roll up your sleeves and do it yourself.


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