I do not consider Rust and D to be in the same niche. D is relatively conservative in terms of features, but it is more broad and complex. D as a language is n

I do not consider Rust and D to be in the same niche. D is relatively conservative in terms of features, but it is more broad and complex. D as a language is not minimal, although that is en vogue today. For example, does Rust address SIMD/Vector Extensions [0], Contracts [1], Inline assembly [2]? Rust is more of a experimental variant of C (or ML) with respect to parallelism and concurrency. Rust is more minimalistic, because it solves problems with general mechanisms instead of special syntax. For example, instead of special syntax for unittests in D [3], in Rust you use the general attribute mechanism in Rust [4]. I do not want to judge them against each other. D is the solid language, which I hope replaces C++ as soon as possible. As a C/C++ programmer you feel at home in D relatively fast. On the other hand, Rust is an interesting language, which might show us a better way to program multicore computers. Learning Rust stretches your mind, instead. [0] http://dlang.org/simd.html http://dlang.org/simd.html [1] http://dlang.org/dbc.html http://dlang.org/dbc.html [2] http://dlang.org/iasm.html http://dlang.org/iasm.html [3] http://dlang.org/unittest.html http://dlang.org/unittest.html [4] http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/rust.html#attributes http://static.rust-lang.org/doc/rust.html#attributes