>> I've preferred C to C++ and D to C++ for a long time. To me when I read C++ code it's like the modem disconnected in the middle of the editing session with all the : and << flying around.

I'm sorry, but even though I think D is a great language, there are plenty of usecases where D isn't a viable alternative to neither C or C++.

If D had all those missing features, or if you compared D to some other mainly-GC:ed, statically typed and compiled language, I think the syntax comparison would have been more fair.