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Think Kubernetes and Docker: They are trendy technologies. But they are declining in popularity, they are fragile over time.

D is Lindy Effect. It's been around for 19 years, it'll probably stay around for at least another 19.

> The Lindy effect is a theory that the future life expectancy of some non-perishable things like a technology or an idea is proportional to their current age, so that every additional period of survival implies a longer remaining life expectancy.[1] Where the Lindy effect applies, mortality rate decreases with time.

So Rust may be hot now– but remember, NoSQL and Docker were hot once too, and they are now not popular.

Plus D is adding Rust's ownership and borrowing.

D compiles faster than C++20 and is easier to learn.

parent crazypython 5 years ago

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