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Re:Metaprogramming is less fun in D by danieldk on Friday April 21, 2017 @12:59PM (#14167271)
D... Doesn't have a large mindshare/corporation backing it.

I had a strong interest in D from 2007-2009. The problem is that there were two competing, incompatible standard libraries for D1 (Phobos and Tango). Then came D2, which was a large improvement, both language-wise and library-wise, but basically split the ecosystem in three for some time.

I think the library and D1 vs. D2 situation stifled the growth of D. I gave up on D because the community was so fragmented.

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Re:Metaprogramming is less fun in D by WalterBright on Friday April 21, 2017 @02:49PM (#14168226)
That ended ~10 years ago. There's only D2 now. We have one user left using D1, and they're transitioning to D2.
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