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Re:Ask HN: Why do you use Rust, when D is available? by vmchale on Friday June 12, 2020 @01:55PM (#23501829)
Also D has a gcc backend.

Which is nice but it's still missing some of Rust's features.

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Re:Ask HN: Why do you use Rust, when D is available? by welkam on Friday June 12, 2020 @05:25PM (#23504070)
Its more than that. D is part of GCC - The GNU Compiler Collection. Meaning that if you use linux and have recent GCC you already have D compiler.
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Re:Ask HN: Why do you use Rust, when D is available? by datman347 on Saturday June 13, 2020 @10:20AM (#23509517)
Don't know anyone that uses the D GCC compiler, it is still playing catch up. The frequency of new D releases with intended and unintended breaking changes, usually source only ever compiles for a very narrow range of versions of D. What people usually focus on is the latest, unless there is a new bug that prevents them from using the newest version.
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