In the great programming-blog tradition of comparing apples to oranges, I saw an article titled ‘D vs. Ruby’ on Dzone today …
… So, in a comparison of equal usefulness, here is ‘D’ compared to a 70’s Japanese sports-car - the Datsun 240Z - using some quotes from the original article.

The rantings of Clinton Forbes: The D Programming Language versus a Datsun 240Z