[Cshelton]

Out of all the new languages of the last 5 years or so (D, Rust, Crystal, Go?, etc.) I think Rust shows the most promise. It is attracting both c/c++ people and people coming from dynamic languages (Python, ruby, js). So I'd recommend trying Rust out for sure, not much to lose, maybe spending a day...

[vive-la-liberte]

The first release of D was in 2001. That's 15, not 5, years ago.

[bluejekyll]

Though, what I find odd is that for me (and yes that is an extremely small sample) I barely heard of D until people started wondering why rust was being picked over D.

[pjmlp]

D has always been well known in the C++ community given its authors.