Misconceptions, and views on D

[IanWizard]

I keep hearing a lot of people saying that they think that D is a 
"niche" language.  Did I completely miss something, or are they 
just misinformed?  I've never thought of D as a niche language.  
I consider (and use) it as what Cpp should have been.  Like a 
love child from C, C++, and Python.  I'd be very interested to 
hear others thoughts on the subject, as well as other common 
misconceptions.