It kind of bounces back after the catastrophe that D1 vs D2 and Phobos vs Tango caused, but might be broken by AI bros trying to chase the vibe coding trend.

[–] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 9 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Don't get me started on D2. I mean, having an underfunded pee-wee hockey team represent the country in an international tournament after one good season? Seriously?

[–] fruitcantfly@programming.dev 3 points 4 days ago

D seems unlikely to get a renaissance. These days languages are facing much stiffer competition, and D has never solved its fundamental problems:

It is a rudderless language, that struggles with fragmentation due to the hype-driven addition of half-baked and mutually incompatible paradigms, with a leadership that keeps driving away contributors.

I can’t see how any of this could change while Walter Bright is still in charge, but I also don’t see how the language could survive him stepping down as BDFL