The things that make D special - culturally even - are quite niche so while it's been extremely profitable for many who do use D, D is sometimes not an easy sel

The things that make D special - culturally even - are quite niche so while it's been extremely profitable for many who do use D, D is sometimes not an easy sell in the sense that the things that D makes easy are not things you encounter in the first few minutes of using a language. Also: Marketing, a lot decisions are made based on nothing, we're too modest (to be blunt).