Ugh, I hate seeing so much factually wrong stuff. It's one thing to have different opinions, but half the anti-D folks remind me of myself circa 2003.
I went to digitalmars.com to update my copy of the 16 bit C compiler (yes, I used that thing for a long time. Sometimes still do!). I saw a link to D on the side and took a look. Then I saw "import" instead of "#include" and said "gross too much like Java, me hate." Of course, I didn't say any of that publicly, but I didn't take a second look at D until a few couple years later, and then I moved past my different = worse bias. I think most the redditers are still in that kneejerk different means bad phase and haven't actually looked back at D for a long time after being scared away at the first sight, and now latch on to whatever "information" they find to reinforce and justify their fear.
