There's a reason stackoverflow and
softwareengineering.stackexchange delete these kinds of
questions: they're counter productive and can't actually be
answered.
The question "Which is the best programming language to learn
in 2017" is one such question. It comes down strictly to
opinion and circumstance. Because of this, the "answers" are
either answering a different question or just ads for the
user's favorite language. It seems most of the top answers in
that thread took the question to mean "Which language would be
most likely to get me a job in 2017", which isn't the same.
Programming questions on Quora are the dumping ground for bad
SO questions.
Most D power users spend their time either on the IRC or on SO.
I agree with you, the question is vague, etc.
But my point is : this is exactly the kind of question beginners
like me use to git this advice on which language they should
learn.
I did some research with google with the keywords "best
programming language to learn", which lead me to what people say
on Quora and similar websites.
Nothing fancy. And I didn't ask a more specific question myself,
I wouldn't probably have read anything about D, which is sad.
D is great for students, so my advice is to stop advertising D so
much for power users, and promoting it more as the best language
out there to learn object oriented programming, before digging
into Java, C++, Javascript etc.
Because that's where D is strong : it regroups all their features
(reference types like in Java/C#/Javascript, native
array/maps/slices/foreach like in Javascript,
structs/pointers/templates like in C++), while keeping almost the
same syntax.
I've personally ported my little experiment programs from D to
Java, C#, C++ and even Javascript with incredible ease.
I'm very impressed how D's syntax and native features make it
actually a common denominator to all these languages.
That's really where it is stronger than any other programming
language on earth : it's the simple, pragmatic and efficient
synthesis of the current mainstream languages.
