On Tuesday, 26 January 2016 at 21:01:53 UTC, bachmeier wrote:
"With C++xx, there's little benefit to switching" is a very common sentiment among current C++ programmers. And it's probably true. On the other hand, with a few exceptions, it's hard to see someone choosing to learn C++ rather than D. Making a push for those developers will be more productive.
If this was true, then Rust wouldn't have seen explosive popularity, as it targets the same niche as C++ does(except with a safety-oriented aspect.) crates.io has 21 million package downloads recorded, does dub has similar statistics we can compare it to?
