• Benji Smith (10/10) Oct 28 2003 I was thinking some idle thoughts this afternoon, and I thought that
• J C Calvarese (15/30) Oct 28 2003 Good idea.
• Walter (3/4) Oct 28 2003 Not bloody likely .

Benji Smith <dlanguage xxagg.com> writes:

I was thinking some idle thoughts this afternoon, and I thought that
the nicest name for the d standard library might be "core" instead of
"d" or "D".

So, we'd have this:

import core.string;
import core.zip;

...instead of this:

import d.string;
import d.zip;

I think it's much nicer.

J C Calvarese <jcc7 cox.net> writes:

Benji Smith wrote:
 I was thinking some idle thoughts this afternoon, and I thought that
 the nicest name for the d standard library might be "core" instead of
 "d" or "D".
 
 So, we'd have this:
 
 import core.string;
 import core.zip;
 
 ...instead of this:
 
 import d.string;
 import d.zip;
 
 I think it's much nicer.

Good idea.

I like "core".  I still like "dlib" a lot, but "core" is much more 
desirable than "d" or "D".


5 Reasons Why "core" Is A Good Name for the D Standard Library
--------------------------------------------------------------

1) Clear:  Easy to remember because it's a self-explaining name.

2) Concise:  It's brief (but it's not abbreviated).

3) Convention:  Uncontroversially keeps with the lowercase-only module 
naming convention.

4) Unique:  A four letter word is less likely to already appear in code 
than a single letter.

5) Permanent:  No need to change if Walter reverts D's name back to Mars. ;)


JC
http://jcc_7.tripod.com/d/

"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> writes:

"J C Calvarese" <jcc7 cox.net> wrote in message
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 if Walter reverts D's name back to Mars. ;)

Not bloody likely <g>.