debugging has significantly improved, it works great for D types https://github.com/Pure-D/dlang-debug

kotlin became very useful for focusing on being able to consume Java code

it allowed them to have a huge presence on android, that's enabler

it profits Zig as well

not everything needs to be ranked #1 in TIOBE index

there is value in being the way it is, it's organic, and no companies get to control its faith

> the C interop is so good, that 1) most libraries provide a 1-1 translation of their C APIs, which ends up being ugly, non-idiomatic D that forces me to think in both C and D when coding;

what do you mean? it's the same, function and data

    struct Data {}

    do_this(&myData);

this is valid D, it's also valid C

the problem i think you have is you are abusing OOP and think it's the only way of doing things, which is wrong, and this explain the sad state of software nowadays ;)

but it's weird when you then say you decided to stick with C, you contradict with yourself