It seems to me that D has been too many places and has too many features. My impression is that D sometimes uses a GC, sometimes not. I believe I can do many in

It seems to me that D has been too many places and has too many features. My impression is that D sometimes uses a GC, sometimes not. I believe I can do many interesting things in D once I learn the language well enough to pick a certain subset of features, much like C++. In other words, if I want to write GC free code in D I have to learn what NOT to use. If I want to pick a subset of features, I'd probably pick C++. Or, if I'm willing to use a GC and runtime, then there's lots of languages to choose from. I use Rust if I want "safety" and no GC and that's all I get. This is my impression. But I know very little of D so do not judge the language based on my impressions.