On Friday, 18 December 2015 at 15:09:05 UTC, Ola Fosheim Grøstad
wrote:
Focusing on an application area that has low coverage in
competing languages is essential for fast growth. Which is why
a language like Julia is growing.
That's why I'm working on embedding R inside D (almost done).
I've suffered for years with all the problems that are making
Julia popular. I just felt D was a better choice.
On the other hand, D for embedded devices is a big project with a
small probability of success, at least from what I've read.