On Tuesday, 4 February 2014 at 09:59:07 UTC, Don wrote:
We're using D as a systems language on a global commercial scale. And no, we don't use malloc/free. We just don't use Phobos.
With all respect I don't consider Sociomantic projects examples of systems-level programming (now that I have had a chance to inspect those closely ;)). Soft real-time performance critical system is a better description.