People often say this because D has many features that allow it to be almost as flexible as the various scripting languages while still being compiled and stati

People often say this because D has many features that allow it to be almost as flexible as the various scripting languages while still being compiled and statically typed. I don't bother with bash/cmd nowadays as D can easily fill that role, with the bonus of my small little scripts having all the power and scalability that D offers. Also check out https://github.com/Abscissa/scriptlike https://github.com/Abscissa/scriptlike