D is not at all like C++.

D is D.

You only need to compare how C++ and D treat a class type, and you know straight away they are miles apart (I prefer C++ in this regard).

D has a subset, and that subset is more like C - pretty much cause that subset is C. That can be interesting to use, since it's like C with modules.

But don't be fooled. D is not like C++.

I wish people would stop saying as such, cause it's not at all true.