> I think the fundamental problem with D is much simpler than that, it's the technical context. D is a better C++, but it's not better enough to escape the grav

> I think the fundamental problem with D is much simpler than that, it's the technical context. D is a better C++, but it's not better enough to escape the gravitational pull of C++. Not quite. The problem with D is that it was a better C++ than C++98. In the meantime the C++ world woke up from it's freeze and the standardization process started addressing the requests from the C++ community. Consequently once C++11 was out and work picked up on following standard versions, D ceased to have a selling point.