I always thought it was more akin to a C++ than a C alternative, and reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wik

I always thought it was more akin to a C++ than a C alternative, and reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(programming_language) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D_(programming_language) seems to rather confirm this notion: "originated as a re-engineering of C++" "influenced by Java, Python, Ruby, C#, and Eiffel" "design by contract, ranges, built-in container iteration concepts, and type inference" "array slicing, nested functions and lazy evaluation." "Java-style single inheritance with interfaces and mixins" "function overloading and operator overloading" "supports five main programming paradigms" (including OOP) ... et cetera Though it does support things like in-line assembly and the like, I'm sure most C programmers would pass on it, as a C-alternative, based on those factoids.