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Note: D2 is now stable, and also open-source. There are no plans for a D3. Remember when Python went from 2 to 3? It was incredibly painful. But the transition

Note: D2 is now stable, and also open-source. There are no plans for a D3. Remember when Python went from 2 to 3? It was incredibly painful. But the transition is over now. Depending on who you ask, Python is now the most popular[0], third most popular[1], or second most popular language[2]. When I started learning Python, it was not popular. [0]: https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ [1]: https://www.northeastern.edu/graduate/blog/most-popular-programming-languages/ https://www.northeastern.edu/graduate/blog/most-popular-prog... [2]: https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019 https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019 Python is old.

cxr 6y ago
> There are no plans for a D3. I say this in all seriousness: this is probably a mistake, and the Dlang crew should make plans to exploit the opportunity to do a D3/3D release to the greatest extent possible—if only for marketing purposes and while holding onto the secret that there are no breaking changes involved.
attractivechaos 6y ago
The Python 2-to-3 transition worked because Python is too big to fail. D has never reached that momentum. Rust is a more modern language in comparison to D and the trend will continue without D3. Also the drama back to ~2009 was pretty bad and the community got hurt. Three of my colleagues wrote long programs in D but have abandoned the ship.