I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere or are there chances of it dying anytime soon.
So far I've tried a while bunch of languages and i do like D the most, since i am used to C/C++ syntax also Java a bit, but i don't like Java.
Now i'm trying to can C/C++ and get accustomed to something more modern so D is my choice unless its a dead language.
I'm not looking into D for job opportunities. Just writing programs for my own amusement and maybe even profit some day.

On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:30:32 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote:
> my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere

D rox and is used by a lot of people.

> are there chances of it dying anytime soon.

It can never die as long as we remember it...

On 22/12/15 4:30 PM, ShinraTensei wrote:
> I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to
> jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is
> actually used anywhere or are there chances of it dying anytime soon.
> So far I've tried a while bunch of languages and i do like D the most,
> since i am used to C/C++ syntax also Java a bit, but i don't like Java.
> Now i'm trying to can C/C++ and get accustomed to something more modern
> so D is my choice unless its a dead language.
> I'm not looking into D for job opportunities. Just writing programs for
> my own amusement and maybe even profit some day.

D is most certainly not a dead language.
We grow fairly slowly, but we are most certainly growing.

We play the long game, slow but steady.

Thank you for your insights.
I've decided to stick with D.

A friend of mine told me that my post might have sounded a bit trollish i assure you that was not the case.

Also i never used any mailing lists so wasn't sure who to reply to so i replied to myself.

On 22/12/15 4:43 PM, ShinraTensei wrote:
> Thank you for your insights.
> I've decided to stick with D.
>
> A friend of mine told me that my post might have sounded a bit trollish
> i assure you that was not the case.

No no it is fine for D.learn.
It shows that you are willing to learn actually try instead of trolling.

> Also i never used any mailing lists so wasn't sure who to reply to so i
> replied to myself.

No worries.

You're welcome to join us on Freenode #d.

On 12/21/2015 07:30 PM, ShinraTensei wrote:

> I'm not looking into D for job opportunities.

Even so, we may start hearing more and more D job openings. I've heard about yet another San Francisco startup where individual teams pick their own language and one of their teams uses D. (I don't know which company yet.)

Ali

On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:30:32 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote:
> I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere or are there chances of it dying anytime soon.
> So far I've tried a while bunch of languages and i do like D the most, since i am used to C/C++ syntax also Java a bit, but i don't like Java.
> Now i'm trying to can C/C++ and get accustomed to something more modern so D is my choice unless its a dead language.
> I'm not looking into D for job opportunities. Just writing programs for my own amusement and maybe even profit some day.

I know this question has been answered, but I wanted to provide some hard facts for future visitors.

1. Downloads of the DMD compiler have been fluctuating between 1000 and 1600 per day:

http://erdani.com/d/downloads.daily.png

That number only captures downloads of one compiler from one source.

2. Books on the language. Packt published D Cookbook in 2014. They have already published Learning D in 2015 and will be publishing D Web Development in January. Clearly, in that publisher's experience, D is becoming a sufficiently popular language to invest in it. Other books (not with that publisher) are currently in progress.

3. The D Language Foundation. Andrei quit his job a few months ago to work on D and the D Language Foundation full time.

http://forum.dlang.org/post/xsqrdgwnzehdmfmvcznn@forum.dlang.org

4. The large number of participants on the main development forum.  Not all of them contribute, but it indicates a strong interest in the language to post there.

On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:30:32 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote:
> I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere or are there chances of it dying anytime soon.


Check out Google Trends. Searches for D Tutorial still beats searches for Scala Tutorial by a big margin:

https://google.com/trends/explore#q=d%20tutorial%2C%20scala%20tutorial

On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 17:49:34 UTC, Jakob Jenkov wrote:
> On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:30:32 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote:
>> I recently noticed massive increase in new languages for a person to jump into(Nim, Rust, Go...etc) but my question is weather the D is actually used anywhere or are there chances of it dying anytime soon.
>
>
> Check out Google Trends. Searches for D Tutorial still beats searches for Scala Tutorial by a big margin:
>
> https://google.com/trends/explore#q=d%20tutorial%2C%20scala%20tutorial

Google Trends shows something interesting:
https://google.com/trends/explore#q=%2Fm%2F01kbt7%2C%20%2Fm%2F0dsbpg6%2C%20%2Fm%2F091hdj%2C%20%2Fm%2F03j_q%2C%20C%2B%2B&cmpt=q&tz=Etc%2FGMT-2

On Tuesday, 22 December 2015 at 03:43:24 UTC, ShinraTensei wrote:
> A friend of mine told me that my post might have sounded a bit trollish i assure you that was not the case.

In fact it sounds very nonsense to me. You know.... you just came here asking on a "D FORUM" if the "D Programming Language" will die anytime soon...

So... expecting what? A fan confirming this?