They also really know their stuff. I suppose that's an advantage of all less mainstream languages and tools, but D's community is particularly impressive. Anot

They also really know their stuff. I suppose that's an advantage of all less mainstream languages and tools, but D's community is particularly impressive. Another way of putting it: in the C++ community, the average person on a forum is never going to have a seat on the C++ standards commitee. They'll never even get close. With a smaller community like with D, you can find forum threads where the forum regulars are discussing the future of the language, and the discussion really has weight on D's evolution.