the only thing missing is that "we have more language than
[real world usage]" coined from what Andre said at DConf.
I couldn't say it better...
D is a better language, but advertising it for that is not what
will make it popular.
People have DEVELOPMENT needs, before LANGUAGE needs.
In its current state, D is already perfect for some developments
(high-performance computing and file processing, etc), but for
many COMMON "real world usages", IMHO it's still lagging WAY
behind many "inferior" languages in terms of easy of use, and
thus immediate usability...
Everything can be done in D with the right amount of effort, but
the more effort required, the more clever you need to pickup this
language.
And the less people you will convince to use it.
Sorry, but for many less-skilled programmers like me, that's how
things work.
So just show a few stupid-simple 20-liners "hello world"-like
examples ALSO for web and mobile development, and you will
immediately see much more interest in this language from
base-level people like me.
