On Tuesday, 26 July 2016 at 15:11:00 UTC, llaine wrote:
Hi guys,
I'm using D since a few month now and I was wondering why
people don't jump onto it that much and why it isn't the "big
thing" already.
Everybody is into javascript nowadays, but IMO even for doing
web I found Vibe.d more interesting and efficient than node.js
for example.
I agree that you have to be pragmatic and choose the right
tools for the right jobs but I would be interested to have
other opinion on thoses questions.
Seriously, it could take years before D gets really popular and
that's normal. Web languages have raised quickly because they
were new, they weren't fighting against anything. D has C, Java
and C++ plus the other "new" languages Go, Rust.
Also I predict that the more it'll get popular the less it will
attract hobbyist. I did't realized at the beginning (I've
discovered D in 2012 then started to learn more seriously in
2014) but Alexandrescu clairly aims at a professional usage so
it'll become less and less fun.
