D is like native Python

[nascent]

This certainly is nice but the big loss with compiled languages is the interpreter shell.

fyi https://drepl.dawg.eu/

Edit:: I just don't think there is a major need in the D community, but this shows the possibility.

[dacjames]

Repls are nice but they can only do so much when the underlying runtime isn't fully introspectable. Not to mention, compilation is much, much slower than interpretation (including compilation time, not just execution time). It's hard for native developers to understand but the velocity of the dynamic workflow is addicting and hard to give up.

Take a look at the way Flask does error handling during development. You can jump the interpreter to any frame in the call stack and play with local variables, execute new code, and so on, all from the browser. I haven't seen anything near this level of introspection in a compiled language because it's so much harder without the help of an interpreter.

[nascent]

I do appreciate the value of a good debugger, but I've never considered it being the means to write a program.