D is dandy but lacks documentation and tools. It's a chicken and egg problem, why would you build tools for a language that's not popular, how will a language

D is dandy but lacks documentation and tools. It's a chicken and egg problem, why would you build tools for a language that's not popular, how will a language become popular without tools. C++ answered that question by usurping C... or did C backward compatibility poison C++ ... Python did it by being fun and easy and having great tools and great documentation. D is not ready yet.