D needs to learn from competing languages and ecosystems.

[jmh530]

On Thursday, 17 September 2026 at 13:04:33 UTC, Lance Bachmeier 
wrote:
> [snip]
>
> Fewer people might be reading code (though given the increase 
> in quantity of code when using LLMs, the opposite may happen). 
> We'll still need precise two-way communication with the 
> computer no matter how much LLMs are used. In that sense, we're 
> moving from the old situation where you chose an ecosystem 
> rather than a language to one where the language design is the 
> only thing that matters, because that other stuff is no longer 
> relevant. And that is clearly (to me) an advantage for D.
>

Good points.

I might distinguish between programmers and non-programmers. 
Non-programmers will really just want to accomplish their goals. 
They might say "Build me a website" without really caring how the 
LLM uses to do it. The LLM will likely choose a language that is 
popular to do it.

>> AI is likely already at the point where it will be writing 
>> code with fewer bugs than good programmers.
>
> We're at a point where most of the small stuff should be handed 
> off to LLMs. It's time consuming and tedious to get right, so 
> humans don't do a very good job with it.

Agree.