From what I've seen so far (just getting started with D), I like D a lot: * compiled, statically-typed, GC'd * _very_ fast compilation (this is DMD; haven't t

From what I've seen so far (just getting started with D), I like D a lot: * compiled, statically-typed, GC'd * _very_ fast compilation (this is DMD; haven't tried the other two implementations (one on LLVM, the other on GCC)) * very fast executables * easy linking with and use of C libraries * familiar and practical