Yeah, I think the issue with things like this is simply that developers don't like to promote. Clearly right here you can see I'm learning more about Zig, and about features of D I hadn't heard of before, and that's from guys who DO promote.

(And well, I would like to add.)

Exactly. All this "C killer" talk, is a bit too much, and in many cases way too premature. Better to have strong C interop, be a demonstrably useful alternative language for its users, then see how the dice rolls.